John Joseph Gartland

Background

Gartland, John Joseph was born on November 16, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Joseph and Jane Madelyn (Lafferty) Gartland.

Education

AB, Princeton University, 1941. Doctor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, 1944.

Career

Chief orthopaedic surgery, Methodist Hospital, Philadelphia, 1960-1968; chief orthopaedic surgery, Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia, 1968-1970; James Edward professor, department chairman of orthopaedic surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson U., Philadelphia, 1970-1985; director office departmental review Jefferson Medical College, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson U., Philadelphia, 1986-1989; university medical editor, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson U., Philadelphia, since 1990.

Achievements

• John Joseph Gartland has been listed as a notable Physician, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Thomas Jefferson University, 1996-2002. Served to captain United States Army, 1945-1947. Fellow American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons (president 1979-1980), American Orthopaedic Association.

Member Council Medical Specialty Societies (president elect 1987, president 1988), Overbrook Golf Club (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania), Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, writing.

Connections

Married Madelyn T. Duffy, January 5, 1944. Children: Lynn, Barbara, John Junior, Patricia, Mary Ellen.

Father:

John Joseph Gartland

Mother:

Jane Madelyn (Lafferty) Gartland

Spouse:

Madelyn T. Duffy

child:

Lynn Gartland

child:

John Junior Gartland

child:

Barbara Gartland

child:

Mary Ellen Gartland

child:

Patricia Gartland