Background
Hultgren, Herbert Nils was born on August 29, 1917 in Santa Rosa, California, United States. Son of Adolf W. and Hilda (Hakanson) Hultgren.
Hultgren, Herbert Nils was born on August 29, 1917 in Santa Rosa, California, United States. Son of Adolf W. and Hilda (Hakanson) Hultgren.
Junior certificate, Santa Rosa Junior College, 1937; Bachelor of Arts, Stanford, 1939; Doctor of Medicine Stanford, 1942.
Intern, San Francisco General Hospital, 1942-1943; resident medicine, Stanford Hospital, 1943-1944; resident pathology, Stanford Hospital, 1946-1947; fellow cardiology, Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston, 1947-1948; instructor medicine, Stanford Medical School, 1948-1951; assistant professor, Stanford Medical School, 1951-1955; associate professor, Stanford Medical School, 1955-1967; professor, Stanford Medical School, since 1967; chief cardiology, Service Palo Alto Veterans Administration Hospital., 1969-1988. Chairman Subspeciality Board Cardiovascular Disease, 1972-1975. Co-chairman VACoop. Study Surgery in Coronary Artery Disease, since 1972.
Served from 1st lieutenant to captain, Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1944-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member Western Society Clinical Research (president), Western Association Physicians (president), Association University Cardiologists (president), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Barbara Brooke, August 7, 1948. Children– Peter B., Bruce H., John B.