Background
Vandam, Leroy David was born on January 19, 1914 in New York City. Son of Albert Herman and Esther Henrietta (Cahan) Vandam.
Vandam, Leroy David was born on January 19, 1914 in New York City. Son of Albert Herman and Esther Henrietta (Cahan) Vandam.
Bachelor of Philosophy magna cum laude, Brown University, 1934. Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1938. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1967.
Resident surgeon, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1942-1943; fellow in surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1945-1947; assistant professor anesthesia, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, 1951-1954; instructor in anesthesia, World Health Organization, Copenhagen, 1953; surgeon, Peter Bent Prigham Hospital, Boston, 1954-1969; professor of anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1967-1980; professor emeritus, Harvard Medical School, Boston, since 1980. Member commission on revision United States Pharmacopoeia, Washington, 1970-1975.
1st lieutenant Medical Corps, Army of the United States, 1943-1973. Fellow American College Cardiology. Member Association University Anesthesiologists (president 1964-1965, Distinguished Service award 1967), Halsted Surgical Society, Aesculapian Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Regina Phyllis Rutherford, November 30, 1939. Children: Albert Rutherford, Samuel Whiting.