Background
Frankel, Kenneth Mark was born on July 29, 1940 in Brooklyn. Son of Clarence Bernard and Ruth (Rutes) Frankel.
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Kenneth Mark Frankel
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Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1961; Doctor of Medicine State University of New York, Bkyln., 1965.
Career
Intern in surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital, 1965-1966;
resident in surgery, Kings County-State University of New York Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1966-1967, 69-71;
chief resident in general surgery, Kings County-State University of New York Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1971-1972,;
resident in thoracic surgery, Kings County-State University of New York Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1972-1973;
chief resident thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Kings County-State University of New York Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1973-1974;
attending thoracic surgeon, Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Massachusetts, since 1974;
attending thoracic surgeon, Holyoke (Massachusetts) Hospital, since 1974;
private practice medicine specializing in thoracic surgery, Springfield, since 1974;
chief thoracic surgery, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, since 1977;
clinical professor cardiothoracic surgery, Tufts U. School Medicine, since 1978. Consultant in throacic surgery Noble Humulus Lupulus, Westfield, Massachusetts, since 1976. Cons.Shriners Hospital for Children, Mary Lane Hospital, Ware, Massachusetts, since 1997.
Board directors Pioneer Health Care Inc., since 1997, secretary of board, since 1998.
Achievements
Membership
Corporator Springfield (Massachusetts) Symphony Orchestra, Stage West, Springfield. Representative to Blue Cross/Blue Shield Regional Health Care Improvement Council, 1995-1998. Captain United States Army, 1967-1969.
Fellow American College of Surgeons, American College Chest Physicians. Member American Medical Association, American Civil Liberties Union, Society ThoracicSurgeons, American Thoracic Society, New England Cancer Society, Springfield Academy.Medicine (past president), Massachusetts Medical Society (councilor 1981-1983), Hampden District Medical Society (Executive Committee 1990-1996), Physicians for Social Responsibility, Maimonides Medical Club (past president), AMnesty International, International Physicians for Prevention Nuc. War, Union Concerned Scientists, Cornell Club Wester Massachusetts, Porsche Club American.
Connections
Married Felice Cala Oringel, Dec.10, 1967. Children: Matthew David, Michael Jacob.
