Background
Burroughs, John Townsend was born on May 27, 1926 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Ralph and Helen (Townsend) Burroughs.
Burroughs, John Townsend was born on May 27, 1926 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Ralph and Helen (Townsend) Burroughs.
Bachelor cum laude, Brown University, 1946. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1950. Juris Doctor with honors, California Western School Law, 1978.
Intern, then resident Halsted service, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1950-1952;
fellow in surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1954-1956;
resident in surgery, University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, 1956-1958;
assistant in surgery, University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, 1958-1959;
assistant professor department surgery, University of California at Los Angeles Medical School, 1959-1963;
chief department thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital.
practice medicine specializing in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Los Angeles, 1961-1972;
practice medicine specializing in thoracic, cardiovascular and coronary bypass surgery, Milwaukee, 1972-1975;
staff, chief medical legal research division department legal medicine, Armed Forces Institute Pathology, Washington, 1979-1982;
partner, Joling, Rizzo, Willems, Oleniewski, Stern & Burroughs, South Carolina., Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1982-1985;
sole practice, Salem, Wisconsin, 1985-1988;
sole practice, San Diego, since 1988. Visiting surgeon in cardiovascular surgery U. Free Berlin, 1959.
Clinical associate professor University of California, Irvine, 1963-1972. Adjunct Professor law Antioch School, Washington, 1980. Chief section thoracic surgery Veterans Administration Hospital., Los Angeles, 1959-1963.
Lecturer on law and medicine, 1979-1992. Consultant U. Free Berlin, 1959.
Chairman Education committee Inglewood Chamber of Commerce, 1968-1969, chairman drug committee, 1969-1971, board directors 1970-1972. Chairman CPR Training Milwaukee Heart Association, 1972-1974, Community Programs Council, Inglewood, 1970-1972, southwestern branch Los Angeles County Heart Association, 1968-1970, CPR Training Progam, Los Angeles Heart Association, 1969-1972. Medical director Program in Inglewood Unified School District on Narcotics and Smoking, 1968-1972, Narcotics education dist attorney's advisory council, Los Angeles, 1968-1970.
Trustee Centinela Valley Community Hospital, 1971-1972. Board directors Associated Centinela Services, 1971-1972. Served to lieutenant Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve, 1952-1954.
Fellow American College of Surgeons, American College Cardiology, American College Chest Physicians, American College Legal Medicine (emeritus). Member Association of Trial Lawyers of America, California Bar Association, Wisconsin Bar Association (retired), Sigma Xi.
Married Laverne Casey, November 23, 1966. 1 child, Brien C.