Background
O'Neill, James Anthony was born on December 7, 1933 in New York City.
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James Anthony O'Neill
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Bachelor of Science, Georgetown University, 1955; Doctor of Medicine, Yale University, 1959.
Career
Intern, Vanderbilt University Hospital, 1959-1960;
assistant resident, Vanderbilt University Hospital, 1960-1964;
resident, instructor surgery, Vanderbilt University Hospital, 1964-1965;
chief burn study division United States of America Surgl Research Unit, Brooke Army Medical Center, 1965-1967;
resident, United States Public Health Service fellow in pediatric oncology, Columbus Children's Hospital, 1967-1969;
instructor pediatric surgery College Medicine, Ohio State University, 1967-1969;
assistant professor surgery and pediatrics, chief pediatric surgical service School Medicine, Louisiana State University, 1969-1970;
associate professor surgery, chief section pediatric surgery, Louisiana State University, 1970-1971;
professor surgery, department chairman pediatric surgery School Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1971-1981;
chief medical staff Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, 1976-1977;
professor pediatric surgery School Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1981-1995;
C.E. Koop professor pediatric surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1988-1995;
surgeon-in-chief, Children's Hospital Philadelphia, 1981-1995;
chairman of surgery, J.C. Foshee Distinguished professor surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, since 1995. Site visitor residency review committee for surgery American Medical Association. Member trauma care subcommittee medical advising committee Philadelphia Emergency Medical Superior vena cava syndrome Council.
Surgical consultant United States Army Institute Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Achievements
Membership
Member medical advisory board Hope Foundation. Member of advisory board James Whitcomb Riley Research Foundation, 1986-1989. Member standards committee State Pennsylvania Foundation for Trauma Care.
Fellow American Academy Pediatrics (surgical, pediatric trauma care coordinator Pennsylvania chapter, section on oncology-hematology chairman surgical section program committee 1975-1977, advising committee postgraduate education 1979-1981, Executive Committee surgical section 1977-1980, chairman 1980-1981). Member American College of Surgeons (founding, cancer liason physician, Met.Phila. chapter, Executive Committee trauma committee 1975-1977, advisory county pediatric surgery 1977-1983, 86-88, 90-, postgraduate education committee 1979-1982, continuing education committee 1981-1988, nominating committee 1986, regental ad hoc commission on legisissues in trauma in emergency medical services since 1987, Board of Governors since 1990, commission to study fiscal affairs college 1992-1993, subcommittee on burns, special society governor from. AM. Pediatric Surgical Association since 1992, county on academic surgery since 1993, vice president Phila chapter 1993-1994), American Association for Surgery Trauma, American Trauma Society (board directors 1974-1978), American Burn Association, American Pediatric Surgical Association (secretary 1976-1979, chairman education committee 1984-1987, president-elect 1987-1988, pres.1988-1989, manpower, trauma and issues and ethics committees), American Surgical Association, Association for Academy Surgery (membership committee 1973-1974), Society for Surgery Alimentary Tract, Society University Surgeons (education committee 1974-1975), Association Program Dirs. in Surgery (steering committee 1990-1994), International Society for Burn Injuries, International Society Parenatal Nutrition, British Association Pediatric Surgeons, S.E. Surgical Congress (program committee 1979-1982), Southern Gut Club, Southern Society for Pediatric Research, Southern Surgical Association, Tennessee Medical Association (delegate 1976, 77), Tennessee Pediatric Society, New Orleans Surgical Society, Philadelphia Academy Surgery, Phila Peduatric Society, College Physicians Philadelphia (county 1988-1991), Portland Surgical Society (honorary), Nashville Surgical Society, Davidson County Medical Association, James D. Rives Surgical Society, Halsted Society (Board of Governors 1986-1989), Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
M. Susan Pokorny; childen: James Anthony III, Elizabeth, Kathryn S.
