Background
Posch, Joseph Louis was born on December 26, 1915 in St. Paul. Son of Louis Gustav and Frances Martha (Kurz) Posch.
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Joseph Louis Posch
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Bachelor of Science cum laude, St. Thomas College, 1938. Doctor of Medicine, University Minnesota, 1942.
Career
Private practice, Detroit. Director hand surgery Hand Center Harper-Grace Hospital, Detroit Medical Center Wayne State University. Member staff Hutzel Hospital, Detroit General Hospital, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Mount Carmel Mercy Hospital, Children's Hospital of Michigan, St. John's Hospital, Sinai Hospital, Bon Secours Hospital, Veterans Administration Hospital, United States Public Health Service Hospital.
Department of Health trainee in rehabilitation medicine micro-surgery research laboratory Wayne State University. Intern City of Detroit Receiving Hospital, 1942—1943, surgery fellow, 1943—1944, surgery resident, 1946—1949, chief of staff, 1965. Clinical professor surgery College Medicine, Wayne State University, 1973, Rehabilitation Services Administration.
With Medical Corps United States Army, 1944-1946, European Theatre of Operations.
Achievements
Membership
Member of American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, Grosse Pointe Power Squadron, Anthony Wayne Society, Detroit Institute Arts Founders Society, Michigan, Detroit, History Societies, Michigan, Wayne County Medical Societies, Detroit Surgical Society, Academy Surgery Detroit, Detroit, Central, Western, Midwest Surgical Associations, Industrial Medical Association, American Association for Surgery of Trauma, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, American Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (associate), Knights of Columbus Club, Grosse Pointe Yacht Club, Detroit Athletic Club, Phi Chi.
Connections
Married Martha Jane Stark, May 2, 1942 (deceased November 1981). Children: Mary Katherine Posch Gebeck, Joseph Louis. Married Gerri Fisher Jackson, February 19, 1983.
