Background
Tartakoff, Joseph was born on January 17, 1907 in Stoughton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Abraham and Rose (Rodman) Tartakoff.
Tartakoff, Joseph was born on January 17, 1907 in Stoughton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Abraham and Rose (Rodman) Tartakoff.
Doctor of Medicine Tufts University, 1929.
Intern, Worcester (Massachusetts) City Hospital, 1930-1932. Resident in surgery Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1932-1933. Resident in surgery Boston City Hospital, 1933-1934, consultant surgery, until 1974.
Associate division surgery New England Center Hospital, Boston.
Chief of surgery Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Consultant Faulkner Hospital, Boston.
Thoracic surgeon Middlesex County Sanatorium. Clinical professor surgery Tufts U. Medical School, until 1974, clinical professor surgery emetitus, 1974.
Lecturer in surgery Harvard.
Diplomate American Board Surgery.
American College of Surgeons fellow, American College Chest Physicians. Member American Thoracic Society.
Married Helen Herlihy, June 8, 1941. Children: David Stephen, Alan Michael.