Keasley Welch

Background

Welch, Keasley was born on June 3, 1920 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of James M. and Hazel (Keasley) Welch.

Education

Student, Duquesne University, 1938. Bachelor of Science, University Pittsburgh, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, Yale, 1943.

Master of Science, McGill University of Canberra, 1947. Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard, 1971.

Career

Intern, New Haven Hospital, 1944-1945; assistant resident neurosurgery, Montreal (Quebec) Neurological Institute, 1945-1946; fellow neuropathology, Montreal (Quebec) Neurological Institute, 1946-1947; resident neurosurgery, Montreal (Quebec) Neurological Institute, 1947-1948; practice medicine specializing in neurosurgery, Montreal practice medicine specializing in neurosurgery, Detroit practice medicine specializing in neurosurgery, Denver practice medicine specializing in neurosurgery, Boston demonstrator in neuropathology, McGill University, 1947-1948; lecturer neurosurgery, McGill University, 1949-1950; associate neurosurgeon, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1950-1951; attending neurosurgeon, Colorado General Hospital, Denver, 1953-1970; attending neurosurgeon, Denver General Hospital, 1953-1961. Consultant neurosurgeon Veterans Administration Hospital., Denver, 1953-1970, Fitzsimmons Army Hospital, Denver, 1955-1970. From assistant professor to professor neurosurgery U. Colorado, Denver, 1953-1963.

Neurosurgeon-in-chief Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1971-1996. Division chief Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, 1971-1996;consultant neurosurgery various hospitals in, Massachusetts, 1973-1996. Honorary research associate U. College London, 1969-1970.

Franc D. Ingraham professor neurosurgery Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1971-1996.

Achievements

• Keasley Welch has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as captain Medical Corps United States Army, 1952-1953. American College of Surgeons fellow. Member American Academy Neurological Surgery, Society Neurological Surgeons, American Neurological Association, American Association Neurological Surgeons, American Academy Neurology, Neurosurg.

Society of America, World Federation Neurology, New England Neurosurg. Society, Boston Surgical Society, American Physiological Society, Society for Reserach into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida, Royal Society Medicine, Boston Society Psychiatry and Neurology.

Connections

Son of James M. and Hazel (Keasley) W. M. Elizabeth MacRae, May 15, 1948. Children: Elizabeth, Mary, Anne, Joan, Stephanie.

Father:

James M. Welch

Mother:

Hazel (Keasley) Welch

Spouse:

Elizabeth MacRae

child:

Joan Welch

child:

Anne Welch

child:

Elizabeth Welch

child:

Mary Welch

child:

Stephanie Welch