Background
Pitt, Leldon P. was born in Ma 1920 in Trinity, Alabama, United States.
Pitt, Leldon P. was born in Ma 1920 in Trinity, Alabama, United States.
Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1945.
Intern Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, 1945-1946. Surgical resident Garfield Memorial Hospital, Washington, 1948-1949. Resident in pathology Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1949-1950, surgical resident, 1950-1953.
Surgical fellow Jefferson Medical College Hospital, 1953. Staff surgeon Pennsylvania Hospital, 1955-1970, senior surgeon, 1970-1989, chief cardiothoracic surgery, 1973-1988, chief emergency medicine services, 1980-1989, honorary surgeon, 1989—2007. Assistant professor University Pennsylvania Medical School.
Medical officer United States Army, 1946-1948, The Philippines and Japan. Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member American Medical Association.