Robert Edwin Tooms

Background

Tooms, Robert Edwin was born on October 26, 1933 in Dyersburg, Tennessee, United States. Son of Luke Edwin and Rebecca Carolyn (Farrow) Tooms.

Education

Student, Memphis State College, 1951-1952; Doctor of Medicine, U. Tennessee College Medicine, Memphis, 1956.

Career

Assistant professor, College Engineering U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1975-1980; professor Department Orthopedic Surgery, U. Tennessee, Memphis, since 1964; chief of staff, Campbell Clinic, Memphis, 1987-1994; active staff, since 1964. Chief child amputee clinic Baptist Hospital, Memphis, since 1965, St. Jude Hospital, memphis, since 1980. Medical director U. Tennessee Rehabilitation Engineering Program, Memphis, since 1974, Baptist Hospital Spinal Cord Rehabilitation, Memphis, since 1969.

Achievements

• Robert Edwin Tooms has been listed as a noteworthy Surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Easter Seal Society, 1968-1980. Board member Memphis Orchestral Society, Memphis, since 1985. Captain United States Air Force, 1957-1959.

Member American Academy Orthopedic Surgeons, American Orthopedic Association, Association ChildProtheses and Orthotic Clinics.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, music, spectator sports.

Connections

Married Geraldine Thornton Ricks Tooms, November 8, 1952. Children: Robert Cole, Jeffrey Luke, Eva Kristina.

Father:

Luke Edwin Tooms

Mother:

Rebecca Carolyn (Farrow) Tooms

Spouse:

Geraldine Thornton Ricks Tooms

child:

Robert Cole Tooms

child:

Eva Kristina Tooms

child:

Jeffrey Luke Tooms