Background
Hellems, Harper Keith was born on March 16, 1920 in Sinks Grove, West Virginia, United States. Son of Harvey Kem and Nilah Irene (Epling) Hellems.
Hellems, Harper Keith was born on March 16, 1920 in Sinks Grove, West Virginia, United States. Son of Harvey Kem and Nilah Irene (Epling) Hellems.
Student, University Virginia, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, University Virginia, 1943.
Intern Montreal (Quebec, Canada) General Hospital, 1944-1945. Research fellow medicine Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, also Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1946-1948. Teaching fellow Harvard University Medical School, 1949-1950.
From assistant professor to professor medicine Wayne State University Medical School, Detroit, 1950-1960. Professor medicine, director division cardiovascular diseases New Jersey College Medicine, 1960-1965. Professor medicine, chairman department University Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, 1965-1999, professor emeritus and acting chairman.
Consultant Jackson Veterans Administration Hospital.
Served to lieutenant, Medical Corps United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow American College Cardiology (Theodore and Susan Anthony award 1964, 67), American College of Physicians (governor). Member Central Society Clinical Research, American Society Clinical Investigations, Association American Physicians, American Physiological Society, Association University Cardiologists, Southern Society Clinical Investigation, American Clinical and Climatological Association, Association Professors Medicine, Association Program Directors Internal Medicine.
Married Martha Cooper.