Background
Braasch, John William was born on December 11, 1922 in Rochester, Minnesota, United States. Son of William Frederick and Nellie (Stinchfield) Braasch.
Braasch, John William was born on December 11, 1922 in Rochester, Minnesota, United States. Son of William Frederick and Nellie (Stinchfield) Braasch.
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1944; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1946; Master of Science in Physiology, University of Illinois, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy in Surgery, University of Minnesota, 1955.
Intern, St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, 1946-1947; resident in general surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1950-1955; member attending staff, Minneapolis General Hospital, 1955-1957; member attending staff, Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, 1955-1957; surgical staff, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, 1957-1980; surgical staff, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, 1957-1980; surgical staff, Lahey Clinic Foundation, Boston, 1957-1996; senior consultant department surgery, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, Massachusetts, 1983-1996. Assistant clinical professor surgery Harvard Medical School, Boston, since 1975.
Captain United States Army, 1948-1950. Member American Surgical Association, Society for Surgery Alimentary Tract (vice president 1987-1988), International Society Surgery, Southern Surgical Society, New England. Surgical Society (president 1984-1985), Boston Sur.
Society (president 1982), International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Association (honorary), Surgeons Travel Club.
Married Nancy Wheeler King, March 21, 1946. Children: William Frederick, Elizabeth King, Nancy Kathryn, Peggy Stinchfield.