Background
Hanks, Gerald E. was born on September 21, 1934 in Ellensburg, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Hanks, Gerald E. was born on September 21, 1934 in Ellensburg, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Bachelor of Science cum laude, Washington State College, 1955; Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Washington University, St. Louis, 1959.
Intern in medicine, Yale University Svc./Grace-New Haven (Connecticut) Hospital, 1959-1960;
fellow Division Radiotherapy, Stanford (California) U., 1960-1963;
chief resident, Division Radiotherapy, Stanford (California) U., 1962-1963;
various faculty positions to professor with tenure, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1985-1992;
department chairman radiation oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, since 1985;
professor, department chairman radiation oncology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, since 1992;
various administrative positions to vice-department chairman radiation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1985-1992;
acting department chairman radiation therapy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1985-1986;
department chairman radiation therapy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1985. Consultant scientific advisory board department radiation oncology, U. Arizona, 1987. Peer review consultant National Institutes of Health.
Lecturer in field.
With Medical Corporation, United States Navy Review, 1959-1963. Active duty United States Navy, 1963-1965. Fellow American College Radiology (numerous offices and boards, gold medal 1996).
Member American Cancer Society, American Society Clinical Oncology, American Medical Association, American Radium Society (president-elect 1985, president 1986), American Society Therapeutic Radiology andOncology (Gold medal 1994), International Commision on Radiation Units and Measurements, International Congress of Radiation Oncology, InterSoc. Council for Radiation Oncology (president 1988-1991), Joint Commision on Accreditation of Health Care Orgns., Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Patterns of Care Study (principal investigator since 1988), California Radiation Therapy Association (president 1975-1976), California Radiologic Society (Executive Committee 1976-1983), Northern California Radiation Therapy Association (president 1974-1975), others.
M. Barbara L. Fowble.