Background
Ongley, Patrick Augustine was born on April 17, 1919 in Oamaru, New Zealand. Came to United States, 1951, naturalized, 1959. Son of Frederick William and Annie (Milne) Ongley.
Ongley, Patrick Augustine was born on April 17, 1919 in Oamaru, New Zealand. Came to United States, 1951, naturalized, 1959. Son of Frederick William and Annie (Milne) Ongley.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Otago University, New Zealand, 1944.
Rotating intern Dunedin (New Zealand) Public Hospital, 1945, senior resident in medicine and surgery, 1947. Lecturer anatomy Otago University Medical School, 1946. Practice medicine Auckland, New Zealand, 1947-1951.
Graduate cardiovascular disease Harvard University Medical School, 1951-1952, teaching fellow pediatrics, 1954-1955. Clinical fellow medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1952-1954. Clinical and research fellow rheumatic fever House of Good Samaritan, 1953-1954.
Assistant cardiologist, acting director Congenital Heart Disease Clinic, Children's Medical Center, 1956-1957. Successively special fellow pediatrics, assistant to staff pediatrics, consultant pediatrics Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, 1957-1969, from assistant professor to professor pediatrics, 1959-1969. Clinical professor Yale University Medical School, since 1976.
Director China Medical Board, New York City, 1970-1973, president, since 1973. Honorary lecturer 5th Congress Cardiology, Rosario, Argentina, 1963. Francis Hernandez lecturer University Florida, 1971.
Chairman Paul Dudley White Fund, 1975-1976. Fellow American College Cardiology, American College Chest Physicians, American Academy Pediatrics. Member American Medical Association (Billings Gold medal 1968), American Heart Association (chairman committee international program 1975-1976), Argentine, Venezuelan, Chilean societies cardiology, Australia and New Zealand Cardiac Society.
Married Judith Ann Ashby, February 17, 1947. Children– James Patrick, Jennifer Susan.