James Gilmer Mc Murtry III

Background

III, James Gilmer Mc Murtry was born on June 11, 1932 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of James Gilmer and Alberta Elizabeth (Matteson) McM.

Education

Student Rice University, Houston, 1950-1953.

Career

Intern, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1957-1958. Resident general surgery Baylor University Affiliated Hospitals, Houston, 1958-1959. Assistant neurological surgery College Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, 1959-1960.

Assistant resident neurological surgery and neurology Neurological Institute New York, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, 1960-1962, chief resident neurological surgery, 1962-1963.

National Institute Neurological Disease and Blindness special fellow neurological surgery College Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, 1963-1964, instructor neurological surgery, 1963-1965, associate, 1965-1968, assistant professor clinical neurological surgery, 1968-1973, associate professor, 1973-1989, professor, 1989. Assistant attending neurological surgeon Neurological Institute New York, New York City, 1964-1973, associate attending neurological surgeon, 1973-1989, attending neurological surgeon, 1989.

Chief neurological surgery clinic Vanderbilt Clinic, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, 1964-1968. Attending-in-charge neurosurgery Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, 1970-1991.

Associate consultant neurological surgery Englewood (New Jersey) Hospital, 1964.

Assistant consultant neurological surgery Harlem Hospital, New York City, since 1964. Consultant neurological surgery Bronx (New York) Veterans Administration Hospital., 1964-1965. Member National Institutes of Health Parkinson Research Group, Columbia University, since 1965.

Member medical advisory board New York State Athletic Commission Jesse H. Jones scholar Baylor University College Medicine, 1953-1957, Allen fellow department neurological surgery Columbia University, 1964-1965.

Diplomate American Board Neurological Surgery.

Achievements

• James Gilmer Mc Murtry III has been listed as a noteworthy neurosurgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College of Surgeons, Linnean Society (London). Member American Association of University Professors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, American Association Neurological Surgeons, European Congress Pediatric Neurosurgery, American Society Stereotaxic Surgeons, Pan American Medical assosiation, New York State Society Surgeons, New York State Neurosurgery Society, New York Academy Science, New York Neurosurg. Society, Medical Society State New York, New York County Medical Society, Osler Society, Baylor University College Medicine Alumni Association, Medical Strollers, The Medical Society of London, The Harveian Society, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Clubs: The Union (New York City), The Garrick (London), The Atheneum (London), The Metropolitan Opera (New York City, director 1998), The Norfolk Yacht and Country.

Connections

Father:

James Gilmer McM.

Mother:

Alberta Elizabeth (Matteson) McM.