Background
Tinker, Martin Buel was born on March 17, 1869 in Granville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Martin Phelps and Margaret Maritta (Smith) Tinker.
Tinker, Martin Buel was born on March 17, 1869 in Granville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Martin Phelps and Margaret Maritta (Smith) Tinker.
Bachelor of Science, Harvard, 1895. Doctor of Medicine Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1893. Doctor of Medicine, University of Berlin, 1899.
Assistant physiology and hygiene, Harvard, 1894-1896. Demonstrator in surgery and anatomy, Jefferson Medical College, 1897-1900. Resident surgeon, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1900-1903.
Lecturer surgery, 1903-1908, assistant professor surgery, 1908-1910, Cornell Univercity.
Surgeon, Ithaca Memorial Hospital consultant surgeon, Tioga County General Hospital, Willard Eastern State Hospital.
Served from major lieutenant colonel, Medical Reserve Corps., 1917-1919. Diplomate American Board Surgery (founder). American College of Surgeons fellow, American Surgical Association, American Association for Study of Goiter, delegate to International Goiter Conference.
Member of the American Medical Association, American Academy Medicine, New York State Medical Society (chairman surgical section 1913, president 1916), American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Sciences, Societe International de Chururgie, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie, American Legion (commander), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Nu Sigma Nu, Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Kappa Tau.
Clubs: Town and Gown, Country, University, Rotary.
Married Ethel Louise Bates, May 4, 1905. Children: Martin Buel, Alfred Bates, Charity Marshall.