Background
Blaydes, James Elliott was born on February 26, 1927 in Bluefield, West Virginia, United States. Son of James Elliott Senior and Mabel Lucetta (Hill) Blaydes.
Blaydes, James Elliott was born on February 26, 1927 in Bluefield, West Virginia, United States. Son of James Elliott Senior and Mabel Lucetta (Hill) Blaydes.
AB, Princeton University, 1950; Doctor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1954; postgraduate, New York University, 1956.
Intern, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1954-1955;
resident, New York Eye & Ear Infimary, New York City, 1955-1958;
chief resident, New York Eye & Ear Infimary, New York City, 1957-1958;
assistant, Blaydes Clinic, Bluefield, West Virginia, 1950-1958;
ophthalmologist, Blaydes Clinic, Bluefield, West Virginia, since 1958;
director, owner, Blaydes Clinic, Bluefield, West Virginia, since 1972. Board directors Blaydes Foundation, Bluefield, Columbia Ophthalmology Center of Excellence, Bluefield. Clinical professor ophthalmology West Virginia University, Morgantown,1987-.
Associate clinical professor Marshall U., Huntington, West Virginia, since 1977. Consultant Norfolk Southern Rlwy.
Fellow American College Eye Surgeons, American Academy Ophthalmology (Honorary award 1979, Senior Honorary award 1992). Member Mercer County Medical Society (president 1967), West Virginia State Medical Association, American Medical Association, West Virginia Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgical Society, Contact Lens Association, Ophthalmologists, American Society Cataract and Refractive Surgery, China Vision Project Medical Advisory Board, Southern Medical Association, PanAmerican Medical Association, American Association Ophthalmology, American Association Physicians and Surgeons, Society Eye Surgeons, New York Eye and Ear Imfirmary Alumni Association.
Children: James Elliott IV, William Mitchell, Stephen Hill, Elizabeth Boyd Blaydes Lewis. Married Anita G. Shrader, September 25, 1976. 1 child, Jaime Brittany.