Milton Thomas Edgerton

Background

Edgerton, Milton Thomas was born on July 14, 1921 in Atlanta. Son of Milton Thomas and Elizabeth (Roddick) Edgerton.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Emory University, 1941; Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins University, 1944.

Career

Intern, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1944-1945; instructor surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1947-1949; plastic surgeon-in-charge, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1951-1970; member of faculty surgery, Johns Hopkins School Medicine, 1947-1970; associate professor surgery, Johns Hopkins School Medicine, 1953-1962; professor plastic surgery, Johns Hopkins School Medicine, 1962-1970; professor plastic surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1970; department chairman plastic and maxillo-facial surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1970-1988; plastic surgeon in chief, University of Virginia Medical Center, 1970-1988; private practice medicine, specializing in reconstructive and hand surgery, since 1945. Visiting professor plastic and reconstructive surgery Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, 1962, Rochester U., New York, 1966, Washington University, St. Louis, 1968, 80, University of Chicago, 1969, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1970, University Texas, Galveston, 1971, Harvard University, 1978, 81, Colorado U., 1979, University of California at Los Angeles, 1980, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1983. Thuss professor Vanderbilt University, 1977.

Consultant Veterans Administration Hospital., Baltimore, since 1953, Salem, Virginia, since 1970. Visiting professor plastic surgery U. Pittsburgh, 1986. Consultant National Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, since 1954, Baltimore City Hospitals, 1956-1970, Children's Hospital, Baltimore, 1965-1970, Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, 1968-1970, Walter Reed Army Hospital, 1965-1973, consultant emeritus, since 1973.

Advisory board Medico, since 1963. Member State of Virginia Medical Malpractice Review Panel. Member surgery study section National Institutes of Health, since 1967.

Founder Academy Advisory Council Plastic Surgery. Member Executive Committee University of Virginia Health Sciences Advisory Council, since 1988.

Achievements

• Milton Thomas Edgerton has been listed as a noteworthy Reconstructive and hand surgeon, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The Art of Surgical Technique

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Membership

Trustee Lake Placid Ednl. Foundation, W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center, New York, 1963-1968, Ednl. Foundation Society Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Member Executive Committee advisory county University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, 1988, senior scholar, Executive Committee University of Virginia Health Sciences Center Council, since 1990. Served to captain Military Cross, Australia, 1945-1947. Fellow American College of Surgeons (Board of Governors 1962-1971, senior member cancer committee 1975-1992, graduate commission on education since 1973, senior member cancer committee 1975).

Member American Society Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (trustee 1974-1980, National award for science merit 1974, traveling professor 1976, member ad hoc committee competency in plastic surgery 1976-1985), American Association Plastic Surgeons (president 1973-1974, legis.rep. to Council Academy Socs. 1976-1986, Clinician of Year award 1980), Society Head and Neck Surgeons (founder), International Society Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Society University Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Association Cleft Palate Rehabilitation, Plastic Surgery Research Council (founder), Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (president-elect 1983-1985, president 1985-1987), Pan American Medical Association (president), Institution Nuclear Engineers (medical section), American Association of University Professors, Association for Advancement Medical Instrumentation, Transplantation Society (chairman and founder coordinating committee academic affairs in plastic surgery 1975-1981), American Society Surgery of the Hand, American, Southern Surgical Association, Albemarle County Medical Society, American Psychosomatic Society, National Society Medical Research, International Society Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, American Society Aesthetic Surgery, Society Biomaterials (founder), International Society Aesthetic Surgeons, International Society Capillary and Blood Research, Japanese Society Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (honorary), Virginia Society Plastic Surgeons (1986-1988), Johns Hopkins University Society Scholars, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Eta Sigma Psi.

Connections

Married Patricia Jane Jones, June 30, 1945. Children: Bradford Wheatly, William Alton, Sandra Roddick, Diane Miller.

Father:

Milton Thomas Edgerton

Mother:

Elizabeth (Roddick) Edgerton

Spouse:

Patricia Jane Jones

child:

Bradford Wheatly Edgerton

child:

Diane Miller Edgerton

child:

William Alton Edgerton

child:

Sandra Roddick Edgerton