Background
II, John Crawford Whitsell was born on December 21, 1929 in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of Ora Earl and Lorena (Spratt) W.
II, John Crawford Whitsell was born on December 21, 1929 in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of Ora Earl and Lorena (Spratt) W.
AB, Grinnell College, 1950; Doctor of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, 1954.
From instructor to clinical professor surgery, Cornell Univercity Medical Center, New York City, 1963-1970; from assistant attending to attending in surgery, New York Hospital, New York City, 1964-1970; surgical director Rogosin Kidney Center, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York City, 1973-1975; attending in surgery, New York Hospital, since 1970; clinical professor surgery, Cornell Medical College, since 1970. Surgical consultant Rogosin Kidney Center, since 1975, Sharon (Connecticut) Hospital, since 1976.
Captain United States Air Force, 1961-1963, England. Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member Transplantation Society, New York Surgical Society, American Society Transplant Surgeons, New York Society for Thoracic Surgery, Society Thoracic Surgeons, New York Academy of Medicine, New York Society Cardiovascular Surgery, Harvey Society, Union Club of New York, Phi Beta Kappa.