Background
Prout, George Russell was born on July 23, 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Russell and Marion (Snow) Prout.
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George Russell Prout
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Student, Union College, 1943; Doctor of Science (honorary), Union College, 1990; Doctor of Medicine, Albany Medical College, 1947; Doctor of Science (honorary), Albany Medical College, 1988; Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard University, 1969.
Career
Intern, Grasslands Hospital, Valhalla, New York, 1947-1948;
resident, New York Hospital, New York City, 1952-1956;
assistant attending physician, Memorial Center for Cancer and Allied Disease, New York City, 1956-1957;
assistant clinician in surgery, James Ewing Hospital, New York City, 1956-1957;
associate professor, chairman division urology, U. Miami, 1957-1960;
professor, chairman division urology, Medical College Virginia, 1960-1969;
chief urological service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1969-1989;
professor surgery, Harvard Medical School, 1969-1989;
emeritus professor surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, since 1989;
honorary urologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, since 1993. Chairman Adjuvants in Surgical Treatment of Bladder Cancer. Member of advisory task force to National Cancer Institute, since 1968, expert consultant division surveillance, since 1991, Finland cooperative ATBC study, since 1991.
Chairman National Bladder Cancer Group, 1973-1986.
Achievements
Membership
With United States Naval Reserve, 1950-1952. Fellow American College of Surgeons, Academy Medicine Toronto (correspondent). Member American Medical Association, American Association of University Professors, American Urol.Assn., Canada Urological Association, Japanese Urological Society (honorary), American Cancer Society, Society Surgical Oncology, Society University Urologists, Dallas Southern Clinical Society (honorary), American Association Genitourinary Surgeons, Society Pediat.
Urology, Society Urological Oncology, Society International Urologists, Society Basic Urological Research, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Loa Katherine Wheatley, October 17, 1950. Children: George Russell III, Elizabeth Louise.
