Background

Barba, Philip Stanley was born on August 25, 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William P. and Lettia F. (Bishop) Barba.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Princeton University, 1917; Doctor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1923.

Career

Intern, Germantown (Pennsylvania) Hospital, 1923-1924; director department pediatrics, Germantown (Pennsylvania) Hospital, 1945-1946; chief, Svc. Roxborough Memorial, Philadelphia, 1939-1956; attending pediatrician, St. Christophers Hospital, 1948-1956; associate professor pediatrics graduate school medicine, University of Pennsylvania, from 1945; associate professor preventive medicine and pediatrics medical school, University of Pennsylvania, from 1956; associate dean School Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1958-1965.

Achievements

• Philip Stanley Barba has been listed as a noteworthy Pediatrician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice chairman national committee White House Conference Children & Youth, 1960. Member American Medical Association, American Academy Pediatrics, Philadelphia Pediatric Society, Pennsylvania State Medical Society, Philadelphia County Medical Society, Association American Medical Colleges, American Pediatric Society.

Connections

Married Martha Webb Purcell, June 19, 1920. Children: William Philip, Virginia Parker.

Father:

William P. Barba

Mother:

Lettia F. (Bishop) Barba

Spouse:

Martha Webb Purcell

child:

William Philip Barba

child:

Virginia Parker Barba