Background
Behan, Richard Joseph was born in 1879 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Annie (O’Donnell) Behan.
Behan, Richard Joseph was born in 1879 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Annie (O’Donnell) Behan.
Doctor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 1902. Studied in Europe, 1910-1914.
Resident, Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1902, South Side Hospital, 1903. Pathologist, Saint Francis Hospital, 1904-1905, assistant surgeon, 1906. Assistant to chair of physical diagnosis, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1903-1908, associate professor same, 1908.
Volunteer assistant, Royal Surgical Clinic, Berlin, 1912-1913.
Surgeon, Saint Joseph’s Hospital, from 1914, City Hospital for Tuberculosis, 1916-1942, City Hospital, Mayview, 1922-1943. President of Pan American Cooperative Foundation, Pittsburgh Skin and Cancer Foundation, Captain Medical corpus, United States army.
Surgeon 4th Reserve Hospital, Nish, Serbia, 2d Balkan War.
Member American Medical Association, American College Surgeons (ex-governor), International College Surgeon’s Pan American Medical Association, American Therapeutic Society, Allegheny County Medical Society (past president), et cetera Member Knights of Columbus., American Association Military Surgeons, American Academy Dental Medicine.
Married Esther H. Hrubesky, January 20, 1914.
