Background
Walker, Marion Lavelle was born on August 13, 1942 in Columbia, Mississippi, United States. Son of Elmo Lavelle and Myrna Wynema (Cochran) Walker.
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Marion Lavelle Walker
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Bachelor of Science, Brigham Young U. Mississippi College, 1961, 64, 66; Doctor of Medicine, U. Tennessee College Medicine, Memphis, 1969.
Career
Residency general surgery, St. Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, 1970-1971;
residency-neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, 1972-1973;
clinical assistant professor surgery, U. Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, 1976-1981;
assistant professor surgery, U. Utah College Medicine, 1981-1985;
chief department surgery, U. Utah School Medicine, since 1981;
adjunct assistant professor pediatrics, U. Utah School Medicine, 1983-1985;
adjunct associate professor pediatrics, U. Utah School Medicine, 1985-1993;
professor neurosurgery, U. Utah School Medicine, since 1993;
adjunct professor pediatrics, U. Utah School Medicine, since 1994. Secretary 1978-1980, president 1981-1983 Utah State Neurosurgical Society. Member, board directors since 1982, president-elect 1986-1988, president 1988-1989 Laser Association Neurological Surgeons International.
Treasurer 1986-1990, member executive county since 1986, secretary 1990-1992, vice president 1992-1994, member, Executive Committee since 1993, president 1994-1996, past president 1996-1998, American Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. Member executive county 1984-1988, American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Chairman American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, 1984.
President-elect 1989, president 1990, Primary Children's Medical Center. Professional advisory county Spina Bifida Association American, 1995-2000.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman Trauma Committee Primary Children's Medical Center, 1979-1982. Scientific program chairman American Association Neufol. Surgeons, 1984, Rocky Mountain Neurol.Soc., 1991, American Society Pediatric Neurosurgeons, 1992.
Chairman education committee International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 1993-1995. Member neurosurgerysubcom. Neurology section American Academy pediatrics, 1995.
Chairman liaison committee International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 1996-1997. Member American Society Neurological Surgeons, American Association Neurological Surgeons (chairman joint section pediatrics neurological surgery 1997-1999), American Society Pediatric Neurosurgeons, American Academy Pediatric Neurosurgery, International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Neurosurg. Society American, American Academy Pediatrics, American College Surgeons, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Laser Association of Neurological Surgeons International, American Board Pediat.
Neurological Surgery (secretary, treasurer 1995-1997, chairman since 1997), Am.Soc. of Evoked Potential Monitoring, American Medical Association, Rocky Mountain Neurosurg. Society, UtahState Neurosurg. Society, Utah State Medical Association, Salt Lake County Medical Society, American Academy Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Spina Bifida Association American, Academy Pediatric Neurosurgeons.
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Married Sue Ann Stromberg Walker, May 29, 1964. Children: Carrie Jean Wilson, Katie Louis Cheever, Christopher David, Cory Lavelle.
