John Robinson Brooks

Background

Brooks, John Robinson was born on November 15, 1918 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Arthur Hendricks and Caroline Elizabeth (Harrington) Brooks.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1940; Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1943.

Career

Intern, Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, 1944; resident, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1951; professor surgery, Harvard Medical School, 1970-1989; professor surgery, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard, 1970-1989; president medical staff, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard, 1973-1974. Frank Sawyer professor surgery Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1981-1989. Chief surgery Harvard Health Superior vena cava syndrome, 1962-1992.

Achievements

• John Robinson Brooks has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Surgery of the Pancreas, 1e

    (Written by noted authorities in the field, this comprehen...)

  • Endocrine tissue transplantation

Membership

Head doctorandus section United Fund, 1969. Trustee Noble and Greenough School Served to captain Medical Corps, Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Member American College of Surgeons (governor since 1974), American Surgical Association, Society University Surgeons, New England Surgical Society (president 1979), Boston Surgical Society (president 19880), Society Surgery Alimentary Tract (vice president 1981), International Surgical Society, Society Surgical Oncology, Society Endocrine Surgeons (president 1990), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Dorothy Kalbfleisch, September 9, 1944. Children: David C., Stephen H., Nancy, Geoffrey R.

Father:

Arthur Hendricks Brooks

Mother:

Caroline Elizabeth (Harrington) Brooks

Spouse:

Dorothy Kalbfleisch

child:

David C. Brooks

child:

Nancy Brooks

child:

Geoffrey R. Brooks

child:

Stephen H. Brooks