Background
Karsner, Howard Thomas was born on January 6, 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles W. (Doctor of Medicine and Martha M. (Wright) K.
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Howard Thomas Karsner
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Bachelor of Science, Central High School, Philadelphia, 1897. Philadelphia School of Pedagogy, 1899. Doctor of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, 1903.
Doctor of Laws, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1949.
Career
July 5, 1950. Demonstrator pathology. University of Pannsylvania. 1908-1911; assistant professor pathology, Harvard Medical School, 1911-1914.
Professor pathology.
Western Reserve University, 1914-1949. Medical research adviser to Bureau Medicine and Surgry. United States Navy, from 1949.
Director Institute Pathology, 1929-1949.
Director Pathology, University Hospitals. Division chief of laboratories, City Hospital, 1914-1949.
Consultant to Surgical General, United States of America.
Achievements
Membership
Member science advisory board Armed Forces Institute Pathology, advisory medical board Leonard Wood Memorial for Eradication Leprosy. Served as captain, Medical Roman Catholic, with American Expeditionary Forces in France, 1917-February 11, 1918. Fellow Aeronautical. Medical Association (honorary).
New York Academy Sciences.
Member National Board Medical Examiners (president 1951-1954). American Medical Association, Association American Physicians, American College Physicians.
American Society Experimental Pathology, International Society Geography Pathological (vice president, Association Pathologists and Bacteriologists Society Experimental Biology and Medical, American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president Section North, 1931), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha: correspondent. Member various organizations
Republican; Club: Army and Navy.
Connections
Married Audrey West. Stanwood, December 11, 1912 (died 1944). Married 3d Jessie Spencer Beach, July 5, 1950.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Awarded West. West. Gerhard Medal, Philadelphia Pathological Society, Centennial Award, Northwestern University, 1951. Captain Robert Dexter Conrad award, United States Navy, 1961.Awarded West. West. Gerhard Medal, Philadelphia Pathological Society, Centennial Award, Northwestern University, 1951. Captain Robert Dexter Conrad award, United States Navy, 1961.