Background
Merendino, K. Alvin was born on December 3, 1914 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Biagio and Cira (Bivona) Merendino.
Merendino, K. Alvin was born on December 3, 1914 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Biagio and Cira (Bivona) Merendino.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Ohio University, Athens, 1936. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Ohio University, Athens, 1967. Doctor of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1940.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1946.
Intern Cincinnati General Hospital, 1940-1941. Resident University Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, 1941-1945. Research assistant Doctor Owen H. Wangensteen, 1942-1943.
Trainee National Cancer Institute, 1943-1945. Director program in postgraduate medical education in surgery Ancker Hospital, St. Paul, 1946-1948. Instructor department surgery University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1944-1945, assistant professor department surgery, 1945-1948.
Associate professor department surgery University Washington, Seattle, 1949-1955, director experimental surgery laboratories, department surgery, 1950-1972, professor department surgery, 1955-1981, professor emeritus, since 1981, professor and administrative officer department surgery, 1957-1964, professor, chairman, 1964-1972. Chairman department surgery King Faisal Specialist and Research Ctgr., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1975—1976, director medical affairs Saudi Arabia, 1976-1979, chairman department energy, director Cancer Therapy Institute, special consultant to Council, supervisor for executive management, associate director medical affairs Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1981-1982. Director operations King Faisal Medical City, 1981-1985.
Member advisory committee for medical research, Boeing Airplane Company, 1959-1967, chairman, 1962l consultant Children's Orthopedic Hospital, Seattle, 1972-1982. Member advisory committee on heart disease and surgery for crippled children's service, Washington State Department Health and Division Vocational Rehabilitation, 1961. Member surgery study section National Institutes of Health, 1958-1962, subcommittee on prosthetic valves for cardiac surgery, chairman 1st National Conference, 1960, member advisory committee 2d National Conference on Prosthetic Heart Valves, 1969, Surgery A study section chairman, 1970-1972, National Heart and Lung Institute Training Committee, 1965-1969.
Consultant VA, Seattle, 1949-1959, 65-81. Member advisory committee on hospitals and clinics, United States Public Health Service, 1963-1966. Member surgery test committee National Board Medical Examiners, 1963-1967.
Member surgery resident review committee, Conference Committee on Graduate Education in Surgery, 1963-1973, vice-chairman, 1972-1973. Chairman 2d Saudi Arabian Medical Conference, Riyadh, 1978. Member committee on postgraduate medical education, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, 1978-1979.
Visiting professor established open heart surgery program Malaysia University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, 1971, education and training junior faculty (surgical residents) faculty medicine University Saigon and Military Medical Corps (army surgeons) Binh Dan Hospital Saigon, Vietnam.
Fellow American College of Surgeons (numerous committees, boards), Society of University Surgeons (councilman at large 3 years), International Society Surgery. Member American Surgical Association (advisory member committee 1959-1964, vice president 1972-1973), American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Halsted Society, Henry N. Harkins Surgical Society, N. Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Seattle Surgical Society (honored special tribute annual meeting 1997), Southern Surgical Society (Arthur H. Shipley award 1972), American Board Surgery 1958-1964 (vice chairman 1962-1963, chairman 1963-1964, emeritus since 1964). University Club, Seattle Golf Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Beta Theta Pi (secretary, president), Phi Beta Pi (honorary).
Married Shirley Emojane Hill, July 6, 1943. Children: Cira Anne Watts, Nancy Jane Napuunoa, Susan Hill Mitchell, Nina Merendino-Sarich, Maria King Merendino-Stillwell.