Background
Corry, Robert John was born on December 3, 1934 in Cleveland. Son of Robert Milton and Isabel Catherine (Gledhill) Corry.
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Robert John Corry
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Student, University School, 1951-1953; Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Yale University, 1957; Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins University, 1961.
Career
Intern, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, 1961-1963;
surgical assistant resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1963-1967;
chief resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1968-1969;
assistant surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1969-1973;
teaching fellow, Harvard Medical School, 1968-1969;
instructor, Harvard Medical School, 1969-1972;
assistant professor surgery, Harvard Medical School, 1972-1973;
attending surgeon, associate professor surgery, U. Iowa College Medicine, Iowa City, 1973-1976;
professor surgery, U. Iowa College Medicine, Iowa City, since 1976;
department chairman surgery, U. Iowa College Medicine, Iowa City, 1982-1992;
director transplantation, U. Iowa College Medicine, Iowa City, 1973-1993;
professor surgery, U. Pittsburgh, since 1994;
director pancreas transplantation, U. Pittsburgh, since 1994. Consultant Iowa City Veterans Administration Hospital., since 1973. Board directors, medical advisory committee KidneyFound.
Iowa, 1973-1993, chairman, 1978-1979.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Medical Association, American College of Surgeons, American Surgical Association, Transplantation Society, American Society Transplant Surgeons (president 1986-1987), Society U. Surgeons, Association Academy Surgery, Society Surgery of Alimentary Tract, Massachusetts, Iowa, Johnson County Medical Socs., Iowa Academy Surgery (president 1983), Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae, Center Surgical Association, United Network for Organ Sharing (president 1989-1990), Societe Internationale de Chirurgie, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, Halsted Society, Pan American Medical Association, Internat.Soc. Cell Pancreas Transplatation.
Connections
Married Linda Sally Selin, June 5, 1965. Children: Robert, Sara, Catherine.
