Background
Pate, James Wynford was born on August 28, 1928 in Wedowee, Alabama, United States. Son of Wynford N. and Annie (Blount) Pate.
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James Wynford Pate
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Student, Emory University, 1944-1946; Doctor of Medicine Medical College Georgia, 1950.
Career
Intern, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland., 1950-1951;
resident, U. Alabama-Birmingham Hospital, 1953-1955;
resident, VA Teaching Group Hospital, Memphis, since 1957;
associate department surgery, U. Alabama, 1953-1955;
assistant chief thoracic surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital., Memphis, 1957-1959;
member of faculty department thoracic surgery, Medical Units U. Tennessee, Memphis, since 1958;
associate professor, Medical Units U. Tennessee, 1959-1965;
professor surgery, Medical Units U. Tennessee, since 1965;
University Distinguished professor, Medical Units U. Tennessee, since 1989;
department chairman, Medical Units U. Tennessee, 1974-1989. Chief cardiothoracic surgery Regional Medical Center. Member of staff Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis.
Chairman planning committee Memphis Regional Medical Program, 1965-1974. Chairman surgical drugs and devices United States Pharmacopeial Convention, 1980-1990.
Achievements
Membership
Served to captain United States Naval Reserve, 1950-1953, 83-91. Fellow American College of Surgeons (governor since 1989), American College Cardiology, American College Chest Physicians, Royal Society Health (Great Britain). Member Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (past president), Society Thoracic Surgeons (founder), Society Vascular Surgery, Association Thoracic Surgery, American Thoracic Society, Société Internationale de Chirurgie, Southeastern Surgical Congress, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Connections
Married Anne Stephenson, August, 1948. Children: James W., Susan Anne, Patricia Lee.
