Roger Alexander Smith

Background

Smith, Roger Alexander was born on December 16, 1922 in Smithfield, North Carolina, United States.

Education

Student, University North Carolina, 1945; Doctor of Medicine, Washington University, 1945-1947.

Career

Internship, Minneapolis General Hospital, 1947-1948; general surgery residency, VA Sawtelle Hospital, Los Angeles, 1949-1950; fellow in neurophysiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1950; neurosurgery residency, University of Illinois, 1951-1952; private practice neurology & neurosurgery, San Bernardino, California, 1953-1977; assistant clinical professor neurosurgery, Loma Linda U. Medical Center, 1966; director neurosurgery, San Bernardino County Medial Center, 1970-1989; chief of neurosurgery, Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital, 1989-1991; consultant in neurosurgery & neurology, Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital, since 1991. Courtesy staff St. Bernardine's Hospital, 1953, San Bernardino Cmty. Hospital, 1953; instructor of neurosurgery Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1953, instructor anatomy University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1948-1949.

Achievements

• Roger Alexander Smith has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Army, 1956-1958. Member Congress Neurological Surgeons, California Association Neurological Surgeons, Western Federation of Neurological Surgeons, San Bernardino County Medical Society, California Medical Society.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, historical and medical writing, music, piano.

Connections

Son of Roger Alexander and Alice (McGee) S. Married Lillian Willms, December 15, 1952 (divorced September 1967). Children: Candyce, Frank, Terry, Jerry, Roger.

Married Elena Vega Humildad, October 17, 1971.

Father:

Roger Alexander Smith

Mother:

Alice (McGee) Smith

Spouse:

Lillian Willms

Spouse:

Elena Vega Humildad

child:

Jerry Smith

child:

Terry Smith

child:

Roger Smith

child:

Frank Smith

child:

Candyce Smith