Background
Shields, Lawrence Thornton was born on October 2, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Leo and Catherine Elizabeth (Thornton) Shields.
educator medical orthopedic surgeon
Shields, Lawrence Thornton was born on October 2, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Leo and Catherine Elizabeth (Thornton) Shields.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1957. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1961.
Intern, Barnes Hospital, Washington University, Saint Louis, 1961-1962, resident, 1962-1963. Resident orthopedic surgeon Children"s Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1966-1967, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1967-1968, Peter Bent Brigham, Robert Breck Brigham hospitals, Boston, 1968-1969. Resident orthopedic surgeon Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1965-1969, instructor, 1969.
Orthopedic surgeon Peter Bent Brigham & Women"s Hospital, Children"s hospitals, 1969.
Orthopedic surgeon Waltham (Massachusetts) -Weston Hospital and Medical Center, 1969, also chief orthopedic surgery, president medical staff Member Waltham-Weston Orthopedic Associates.
Proprietor Boston Athenaeum. Member staffs Hahnemann Hospital, Boston, Newton-Wellesley (Massachusetts) hospitals.
Consultant orthopedic surgeon Veterans Administration Hospital., Boston.
Member of faculty Harvard Medical School. Visiting scholar Cambridge University, 1987. Honorary professor New England College, Henniker, New Hampshire and Sussex, England, 1995.
Board directors Wal-West Health Systems, 1986.
President Massachusetts Bay Investment Trust. Director Waltham Investment Group.
Board of directors Massachusetts Academy Emergency Medical Technicians, Waltham Boys" Club. Board of overseersBoston Lyric Opera, 1993.
Trustee, Executive Committee Waltham-Weston Hospital and Medical Center Lieutenant Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve, 1963-1965.
Diplomate American Board OrthopedicSurgery.
Fellow American College of Surgeons, American Academy Orthopedic Surgeons, Massachusetts History Society Library., Massachusetts History Society. Member of New York Academy Sciences, Royal Society Medicine, Massachusetts Orthopaedic Association (board directors, secretary 1986), New England Orthopaedic.
Married Karen South. Kraus, September 21, 1968. Children: Elizabeth Coulter, Laura Thornton, Sarah Daly, Michael Lawrence.
