Background
Katz, Robert Irwin was born on December 16, 1924 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Julius Louis and Florence (Greenburg) Katz.
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Robert Irwin Katz
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Student, Tufts College, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, Tufts University, 1948.
Career
Intern, Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans, 1948-1949; resident in pathology, Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans, 1949-1950; resident in general surgery, Boston City Hospital, 1953-1956; assistant in surgery, Boston University School Medicine, 1955-1956; resident in surgical oncology Anderson Cancer Center, University Texas, Houston, 1956-1957; resident in thoracic surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital., Los Angeles, 1960-1961; resident in thoracic surgery, Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, 1961; chief thoracic surgery, V.A. Hospitals, Sepulveda/San Fernando, California, 1962-1970; private practice general and thoracic surgery, Los Angeles, 1970-1986; head general surgery, Naval Hospital, Corpus Christie, Texas, 1987; head department surgery, Naval Hospital, Cherry Point, North Carolina, 1988-1990; surgeon, United States Ship New Jersey WES PAC, 1986, 88; retired, 1990. Clinical assistant professor University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, 1969-1989, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1964-1996.
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Tournament official Southern California Tennis Umpires Association, Los Angeles, since 1972. Commissioner Medical Board of California, Sacramento, 1980-1998. With United States Navy, 1944-1945, surgeon United States Marine Corps, 1950-1952, United States Merchant Marines, 1953.
Fellow American College Chest Physicians. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, Society Thoracic Surgeons (founding), Southern Medical Association, Southern Association Oncologists, Association Military Surgeons United States, Marine Corps Heritage Society, 2nd Marine Division Association (life), National Wildlife Federation (life), United States Tennis Association (life), Naval Reserve Association, M.D. Anderson Associates.
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Political Party
Republican