Background
Stahlman, Mildred Thornton was born on July 31, 1922 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of James Geddes and Mildred (Thornton) Stahlman.
educator pathologist pediatrician researcher
Stahlman, Mildred Thornton was born on July 31, 1922 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of James Geddes and Mildred (Thornton) Stahlman.
AB, Vanderbilt University, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1946. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Goteborg, Sweden, 1973.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Nancy, France, 1982.
Intern Boston Children's Hospital, 1947—1948. Resident Vanderbilt University Hospital, 1948—1949. Fellow Royal Caroline Institute Medicine, Sweden, 1949—1950.
Cardiac resident La Rabida Sanitarium, Chicago, 1951. Instructor pediatrics Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1951—1958, instructor physiology, 1954—1960, assistant professor pediatrics, 1959—1964, assistant professor physiology, 1960—1962, associate professor pediatrics, 1964—1970, professor, since 1970, professor pathology, since 1982, Harvie Branscomb Distinguished professor, 1984, director division neonatology, 1961—1989, professor pediatrics and pathology.
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute Medicine National Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Southern Society Pediatric Research (president 1961-1962), American Physiology Society, Society Pediatric Research, American Pediatric Society 1984, (John Howland award 1996).