Hylda Catharine Klinefelter

Background

Klinefelter, Hylda Catharine was born on September 28, 1929 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Roscoe Emanuel and Sara Catherine (Wagner) Klinefelter.

Education

Student, Gettysburg College, 1947-1948; AB, University of Pennsylvania, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, Medical College Pennsylvania, 1955.

Career

Rotating intern, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1955-1956; resident in obstetrics-gynecology, Presbyterian University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, 1956-1959; member teaching staff, Medical College Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1959-1962; private practice, solo practice, 1959-1959; research assistant maternal and child health, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1964-1966; co-supervisor family planning clinic, Presbyterian Hospital/University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 1967-1968; partner, Media (Pennsylvania) Clinic, 1969-1981; private practice, 1981-1986; partner, Granite Run Ob.-Gyn. Associations, Media, 1986-1996; staff obstetrics-gynecology., Riddle Memorial Hospital, since 1996. Member of staff Riddle Memorial Hospital, vice chairman obstetrics-gynecology., 1989-1993, chairman obstetrics-gynecology., since 1993.

Achievements

• Hylda Catharine Klinefelter has been listed as a noteworthy Obstetrician and gynecologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow ACOG; member American Medical Association, American Medical Womens Association (past treasurer district 25), Reproductive Medicine Association, American Association Gyn. Laparoscopists, Internat.Soc. Gynecology Endoscopy, Delaware County Medical Society, Pennsylvania Medical Society, Fox Valley Civic Association, Soroptomist, Alpha Xi Delta.

Interests

• Avocations: singing, gardening, needlework, playing trumpet.

Connections

Married Edward Ralph Kohnstam, June 18, 1955. Children: Charles, Kathryn.

Father:

Roscoe Emanuel Klinefelter

Mother:

Sara Catherine (Wagner) Klinefelter

Spouse:

Edward Ralph Kohnstam

child:

Kathryn Klinefelter

child:

Charles Klinefelter