Robert Fields Palmer, American neurosurgeon, educator. Diplomate American Board Neurological Surgery. Recipient Presidential Meritorious Service medal, 1972, 82, Commendation medal, certified of appreciation United States Army, Operation Desert Storm, 1991; named one of Best Doctors, San Francisco Focus Magazine, 1992.
Background
Palmer, Robert Fields was born on March 5, 1922 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Consultant Bureau of Hearings and Appeals, Social Security Administration, Disability Evaluation, Oakland, California, since 1967. Member neurosurgery advisory board Kentfield (California) Rehabilitation Hospital, since 1990.
Son of Arvis Richard and Capitola Georgia (Fields) Palmer.
Education
Bachelor in Medical Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, 1943;
Doctor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1946.
Career
Intern, University of California Hospital, San Francisco, 1946;
post-doctoral research fellow, Atomic Energy Commission, National Research Council, The Rice Institute, Houston, 1949;
assistant resident in general surgery, University of California Hospital, San Francsico, 1949-1952;
assistant resident in neurological surgery, University of California Hospital, San Francsico, 1953-1956;
senior resident in neurological surgery, University of California Hospital, San Francsico, 1955-1956;
private practice neurological surgeon, San Francisco, since 1956. Clinical instructor department neurosurgery University of California, San Francisco, 1956-1964, assistant clinical professor department neurosurgery, since 1964. Chief neurological surgery Childrens Hospital, San Francisco, 1969-1992.
Achievements
Membership
Physician San Francisco Giants baseball club, 1960-1970. Candidate for city council, Mill Valley, 1963. Participating subject Buck Center for Research on Aging, Mill Valley, 1991.
Volunteer St. Anthony's Kitchen, San Francisco, 1991. Colonel United States Army, since 1938.
Connections
Married Mary Bernice Johnson, October 5, 1944 (divorced 1971). Children: Elizabeth Ann, Ellen, Scott, Eileen, Eric, Edward. Married Melanie Marie Soares, August 11, 1971.
Children: Anne Marie, Robert F. III, Georgia L., Margaret B., James W.
Recipient Presidential Meritorious Service medal, 1972, 82, Commendation medal, certified of appreciation United States Army, Operation Desert Storm, 1991. Named one of Best Doctors, San Francisco Focus Magazine, 1992.
Recipient Presidential Meritorious Service medal, 1972, 82, Commendation medal, certified of appreciation United States Army, Operation Desert Storm, 1991. Named one of Best Doctors, San Francisco Focus Magazine, 1992.