John Corley Van Gilder

Background

Gilder, John Corley Van was born on August 14, 1935 in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. Son of John Ray and Sarah Pool (Corley) Van Gilder.

Education

Bachelor, West Virginia University, 1957; Bachelor of Science, West Virginia University, 1959; Doctor of Medicine, U. Pittsburgh, 1961.

Career

Intern, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1961; assistant resident in surgery, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1964-1965; assistant resident in surgery, Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) Hospital, 1962; assistant resident neurosurgery, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1966-1968; senior resident, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1968-1969; instructor neurosurgery, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, 1970; assistant professor, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, 1970-1973; associate professor, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, 1973-1976; professor neurosurgery, U. Iowa, Iowa City, since 1976; chairman division neurosurgery, U. Iowa, Iowa City, since 1976; Executive Committee department surgery, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1978-1981. Fellow neurosurgery Washington U. School Medicine, St. Louis, 1965 -66, instructor, 1966. Attending neurosurgeon Veterans Administration Hospital., New Haven, 1970-1973, consultant 1973-1976.

Associate to attending neurosurgeon Yale-New Haven Medical Center, 1970-1976. Consultant Veterans Administration Hospital., Iowa City, since 1976. Member clinical coordinating committee U. Iowa Cancer Center, since 1979.

Presenter numerous papers at professional meetings, conferences, symposia. Visiting professor U. Tennessee, 1984, Tufts U. Medical Center, Boston, 1986, University Texas, San Antonio, 1987, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1988, People's Republic China at Hunan Medical College, Beijing Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical College Hospital, Tiantan Xili, Xian General Hospital, 2d Military College, Shanghai, Suzhou Medical College Shanghai, 1985, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics at Burdenk Institute, Kiev Neurological Institute, Leningrad Neurological Society, 1989, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1993, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1994, U. Washington, Seattle, 1997.

Achievements

• John Corley Van Gilder has been listed as a noteworthy Neurosurgeon, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain United States Air Force, 1962-1964. Fellow American College of Surgeons (membership committee Iowa district #11983-). Member American Medical Association (Physicians Recogniton award), American Physiological Society, Congress Neurological Surgeons (resident placement committee 1970), American Association Neurological Surgeons (board directors 1986-1990, awards committee 1986-1987, chairman 1987-1988), Research Society Neurological Surgeons, Neurological Society American (long range planning committee since 1984, vice president 1985, president-elect 1997), Iowa Medical Society, Johnson County Medical Society (program com.1984-1988, chairman 1985-1986), Iowa-Midwest Neurosurg.

Society (president 1978-1979), Society Neurological Surgeons (chairman membership committee 1986-1987, treasurer since 1991, president elect 1996, treasurer 1991-1996, president 1997), Midwest Surgical Association, American Academy Neurological Surgery (vice president since 1995), Georgia Neurosurg. Society (honorary life), American Board Neurological Surgery (director since 1992, chairman since 1997, residency rev.com.-neurological surgery since 1995), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Kerstin Margarita Olesson, March, 1965. Children: Sarah, John, Rachel, David.

Father:

John Ray Gilder

Mother:

Sarah Pool (Corley) Van Gilder

Spouse:

Kerstin Margarita Olesson

child:

David Gilder

child:

Rachel Gilder

child:

Sarah Gilder

child:

John Gilder