Background

Baker, Robert J. was born on February 17, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Max and Rae Baker.

Education

AB, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1946; Bachelor of Science, Doctor of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1950.

Career

Intern, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1950-1951; resident in general surgery, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1953-1958; associate department chairman surgery, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1959-1967; department chairman surgery, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1967-1969; professor surgery, University of Illinois College Medicine, Chicago, 1967-1988; chief general surgery, University of Illinois College Medicine, Chicago, 1974-1988; department chairman surgery, Medical Center Delaware, Wilmington, 1988-1993; professor surgery, University of Chicago School Medicine, since 1993; vice-department chairman surgery, University of Chicago School Medicine, -. Dean, board directors National Center Advanced Medical Education, Chicago, since 1974.

Achievements

• Robert J. Baker has been listed as a noteworthy medical academic dean, surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Mastery of surgery

    (Aimed at the general surgical trainee, this text contains...)

  • Mastery of Surgery (2 Volume Set)

    (Aimed at the general surgical trainee, this text contains...)

  • Mastery of Surgery (2 vols.)

    ( In its Fourth Edition, this encyclopedic text of operat...)

  • Mastery of Surgery - 3rd Edn, Volume 2 (Volume 2, chaptes 107-201)

    (Volume 2 of this set. It covers pages 1187-2139 of the ma...)

  • Mastery of Surgery Volume 1 1984 1st Edition 2nd Printing
  • Mastery of Surgery Third Edition Volume 1 & 2
  • Mastery of Surgery (2 vols.) by Robert J. Baker (2001-09-24)
  • By Robert J. Baker - Mastery of Surgery: 4th (fourth) Edition
  • Mastery of Surgery (2 vols.) by Robert J. Baker (2001-09-24)
  • Mastery of Surgery Volume 1 - 2001 Printing

Membership

First lieutenant United States Army, 1951-1953, Korea. Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, American Gastroenterological Association, American Surgical Association, Center Surgical Association, Chicago Surgical Society, CollegiumInternationale de Chirurgiae Digestivae, Illinois Surgical Society, Shock Society, Societe Internationale de Chirurgie, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Society University Surgeons, Western Surgical Association.

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, skiing, jogging, antique clock collecting.

Connections

Married Juanita Joan Anger, April 20,1 958. Children: Mark, Brian, Julie Annual.

Father:

Max Baker

Mother:

Rae Baker

Spouse:

Juanita Joan Anger

child:

Mark Baker

child:

Brian Baker

child:

Julie Annual Baker