Background
Martin, Lester Warren was born on August 15, 1923 in Edwards, Missouri, United States. Son of Wade Hampton and Elizabeth (Moore) Martin.
Martin, Lester Warren was born on August 15, 1923 in Edwards, Missouri, United States. Son of Wade Hampton and Elizabeth (Moore) Martin.
Bachelor of Science, University Missouri, 1945. Bachelor of Science in Medicine, University Missouri, 1947. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, 1949.
Instructor Cornell Medical School, New York City, 1950-1951, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1952-1957. Assistant/associate professor University Cincinnati, 1957-1965, professor surgery, 1965-1991, professor emeritus, since 1991. Director pediatric surgery Cincinnati Children's Hospital, 1957-1991.
Felton Bequest professor pediatric surgery University Melbourne, Australia, 1972. Study group member National Institutes of Health, 1963-1965, site visitor, 1977-1978. Associate examiner American Board Surgery, 1958, 64, 70, 74, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86.
Surgical consultant Cincinnati chapter Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation, Hamilton County Diagnostic Clinic for Mentally Retarded, Soldiers and Sailors Home for Children, Xenia, Ohio. Visiting professor Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, 1969, Medical College Virginia, Richmond, 1967, State University of New York-Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, 1980, University South Florida, Tampa, 1974, Michigan State University, Edward W. Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, Michigan, 1977, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1976, University Arizona, 1978, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1982, Northeastern Ohio College Medicine and St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, Ohio, 1983, University Colorado and Denver Children's Hospital, 1983, Yale University, New Haven, 1986, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1987, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, 1988, University Louisville, 1988, Cornell Univercity/Northshore Hospital, 1990. Lecturer in field.
First lieutenant United States Army, 1951-1952. Member Kansas City Surgical Society (honorary), St. Paul Surgical Society (honorary), Philippine College surgeons (honorary), Royal Australasian College Surgeons (honorary), Mont Reid Surgical Society (honorary), Brazilian Surgical Society (honorary), ColumbianPediatric Surgical Society (honorary), Houston Surgical Society (honorary), Japanese Pediatric Surgical Society (honorary), Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Joan Belanger. Children: Sarah, Betsy, Susan, Janet, David.