Ralph Allen Wheeler

Background

Wheeler, Ralph Allen was born on November 17, 1942 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. Son of George Carlos and Jeanette Elizabeth (Norris) Wheeler.

Education

Student, Rice University, 1962. Bachelor, University North Dakota, 1964. Bachelor of Science, University North Dakota, 1965.

Doctor of Medicine, CM, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1967.

Career

Intern, Detroit General Hospital, 1967-1968; resident, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1968-1970; resident, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1973-1975; commissioned captain, United States Air Force, 1971; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Air Force, 1982; chief trauma services, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lakeland Air Force Base, Texas, 1978-1984; assistant department chairman general surgery, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lakeland Air Force Base, Texas, 1982-1984; chief surgical services, United States Air Force Regional Hospital, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, 1984-1986; assistant director hospital services, department chairman surgery, United States Air Force Regional Medical Center, Clark Air Force Base, Angeles City, 1986-1987; director hospital services, 13AF Medical Center (formerly Regional Medical Center), Clark Air Force Base, Angeles City, 1987-1988; director hospital services, United States Air Force Regional Hospital, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, since 1988. Consultant Surgeon General, since 1980. Assistant professor surgery University Texas, San Antonio, since 1979.

Associate professor Uniformed Services U. Health Sciences, since 1983. Member trauma advisory group United States Army Research and Development Command, Letterman Army Medical Center, California, 1983-1985.

Achievements

• Ralph Allen Wheeler has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon, air force officer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member American Medical Association, Southern Medical Association, Society Air Force Clinical Surgeons.

Connections

Married Margo Leslie Reierson, December 19, 1964 (divorced August 1978). Children: Lezlie Charlene, Scott Allen.

Father:

George Carlos Wheeler

Mother:

Jeanette Elizabeth (Norris) Wheeler

Spouse:

Margo Leslie Reierson

child:

Scott Allen Wheeler

child:

Lezlie Charlene Wheeler