Background
Burns, Robert Emmett was born on May 6, 1895 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Walter Hamilton and Delia Barbara (Meulemans) Burns.
Burns, Robert Emmett was born on May 6, 1895 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Walter Hamilton and Delia Barbara (Meulemans) Burns.
Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1917. Doctor of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, 1919.
Interne Saint Mary's Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, 1919-1921, Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled, New York, 1921-1922. Fellow in orthopedic surgery Mayo Clinic, 1922-1923. Resident instructor, assistant and associate professor of orthopedic surgery, University of Wisconsin, 1923-1930, professor, from 1930.
Chief orthopedic service U. Hospitals, University of Wisconsin, from 1930.
American College of Surgeons fellowship Member of the American Medical Association, Clinical Orthopedic Society (past president), American Academy Orthopedic Surgeons, American Orthopedic Association, Alumni Association of Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled. Association of Resident and Ex-resident physicians of Mayo Clinic, International Orthopaedic Society.
Married Charlotte Joslin Calvert, Doctor of Medicine September 16, 1930. Children: Thomas Calvert, Charlotte Ann, Mary Ellen.