James Megargee Hunter

Background

Hunter, James Megargee was born on April 5, 1924 in Merchantville, New Jersey, United States. Son of Robert H. and Helen M. (Megargee) Hunter.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Dickinson College, 1949. Doctor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, 1953.

Career

Intern Jefferson Medical College Hospital, Philadelphia, 1953-1954. Resident in general and orthopedic surgery Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 1954-1958. Fellow hand surgery Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1959.

Now professor orthopedic surgery Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. Chief hand surgery services Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Coordinator house staff education.

Also chief child amputee clinic Pennsylvania Hospital for Crippled Children, Elizabethtown. Consultant in hand surgery Philadelphia Naval Hospital. Founder, president Hand Rehabilitation Center, Ltd., Philadelphia.

Consultant Valley Forge General Hospital, Pennsylvania, 1963-1973. Orthpaedic surgery consultant Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia. Member admissions committee Thomas Jefferson University Medical School.

Achievements

• James Megargee Hunter has been listed as a noteworthy physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Tendon And Nerve Surgery In The Hand: A Third Decade, 1e

    (The latest basic research is evaluated and integrated int...)

  • Rehabilitation of the Hand: Surgery and Therapy (2 Volume Set)

    (OTR/L, CHT; with 114 expert contributors)

  • Tendon Surgery in the Hand

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Academy Orthopedic Surgery, American Society Surgery of Hand, American Orthopedic Association, Philadelphia College Physicians, French Hand Society, Société International de Chirurgie Orthopedique et de Traumatologie, Phi Kappa Psi, Nu Sigma Nu. Clubs: Union League (Philadelphia).

Bachlor's Barge, Avalon Yacht (commodore 1977).

Connections

Married Carolyn H. Lippincott, June 30, 1951 (deceased February 1981). Children: Gary, Kimberly, Jeffrey.

Father:

Robert H. Hunter

Mother:

Helen M. (Megargee) Hunter

Spouse:

Carolyn H. Lippincott

child:

Kimberly Hunter

child:

Gary Hunter

child:

Jeffrey Hunter