Education
Ohio State University. Columbia University; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Ohio State University. Columbia University; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Wood was also a professor of clinical pathology and the director of Institute of Cancer Research at Columbia University. Wood was born on December 30, 1869 in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from the Ohio State University in 1891. He graduated from College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in 1894, and joined the faculty of clinical pathology at Columbia University in 1896 From 1906 to 1912 he served as director of clinical pathology at Columbia University and also served as the director of the pathology laboratory at Saint Luke"s Hospital from 1910 to 1948, founding it in 1910.
The American Association for Cancer Research called Wood an "international authority on cancer and pioneer radiotherapist".