Background
Larsen, Loren Joseph was born on October 10, 1914 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States. Son of Charles Wilford and Marie (Jacobsen) Larsen.
Larsen, Loren Joseph was born on October 10, 1914 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States. Son of Charles Wilford and Marie (Jacobsen) Larsen.
Bachelor, University Utah, 1939. Doctor of Medicine, University Chicago, 1941.
Intern, Alameda County Hospital, 1942; resident orthopedic surgery, Samuel Merit Hospital, Oakland, California, 1943-1944; postgraduate training, University of California, 1944-1946; postgraduate training, San Francisco General Hospital, 1946-1947; clinical professor orthopedic surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 1957-1960; chairman emeritus department orthopedic surgery, Children's Hospital, San Francisco, 1957-1988; chief of staff emeritus, Shriner's Hospital Crippled Children, San Francisco, 1968-1980; private practice, San Francisco. Consultant orthopedics United States Army Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco, since 1959, United States Naval Hospital, Oakland, California, 1960-1975, King Faisal Hospital, Ridyaah, Saudi Arabia, 1968.
Member Scoliosis Research Society (founding), American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society (founding).
Married June Elmer, March 20, 1943. Children: Mary Ann, Loren J. Junior.