James William Hinton

Background

Hinton, James William was born on March 12, 1894 in Reedville, Virginia, United States. Son of John Braxton and Anne Augusta (Crosswell) Hinton.

Education

Student Cluster Springs Academy, Virginia, 1910-1913. Doctor of Medicine, University Virginia, 1919. Doctor of Laws, Hampden Sydney College, 1961.

Career

Intern surgical service Boston City Hospital, 1917. University of Virginia Hospital, 1918-1919, New York Post-Graduate Hospital, 1919-1921, Sloane’s Hospital for Women, 1921-1922. Former director fourth surgical service, director children's surgical service Bellevue Hospital, New York City.

Professor, department chairman surgery Post Graduate Medical School, New York University, 1949-1960.

Former director surgical service University Hospital. Attending surgeon Beekman Downtown Hospital, New York City, Gouverneur Hospital.

Consultant surgery New York Women's Infirmary, Jersey City Medical Center, Norwalk (Connecticut) General Hospital, Southampton (New York) Hospital, Jamaica (New York) Hospital, Saint Agnes Hospital, White Plains, New York, Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, New York, United Hospital, Portchester, New York, Nassau Hospital, Mineola, New York, Central Suffolk Hospital, Riverhead, New York, Elizabeth A. Horton Memorial Hospital, Middletown, New York, Wyckoff Height Hospital, Brooklyn, Bellevue Hospital, University Hospital, Manhattan Veterans Administration Hospital., Sherbrooke Hospital. Consultant Columbus Hospital, Manhattan Eastern State Hospital President, trustee Royal College Surgeons Foundation, 1967-1973.

Diplomate, founders group American Board Surgery.

Achievements

• James William Hinton has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal College Surgeons England (honorary), Royal College Edinburgh (honorary), Australian Computer Society (chairman credentials committee), American Surgical Association, Royal College Surgeons in Ireland (honorary), International Surgical Society, New York Academy of Medicine (vice president 1944-1946). Member of New York (past president), Eastern surgical societies, American Gastroenterological Society, Pan Pacific, Southern surgical associations, New York Cardiovascular Surgery, James IV Association Surgeons (foundeer, secretary 1957-1967), Honorary Company Edinburgh Golfers, Alpha Omega Alpha. Club: Links (New York City).

Connections

Married Jannett Lord, May 19, 1951.

Father:

John Braxton Hinton

Mother:

Anne Augusta (Crosswell) Hinton

Spouse:

Jannett Lord