Background
Sherman, Roger Talbot was born on September 30, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph Bright and Alice Elizabeth (Baur) Sherman.
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Roger Talbot Sherman
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Bachelor of Arts, Kenyon College, 1946; Doctor of Medicine, University Cincinnati, 1948.
Career
Intern, fellow in pathology, St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, 1948-1950; resident in surgery, Cincinnati General Hospital, 1950-1956; chief department experimental surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1956-1959; assistant professor to professor surgery, U. Tennessee, Memphis, 1959-1972; professor, department chairman surgery, U. South Florida, Tampa, 1972-1982; professor surgery, Emory University School Medicine, Atlanta, 1983-1993; chief surgery, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, 1983-1992; Whitaker professor surgery, Emory University School Medicine, Atlanta, 1993-1997; professor of surgery emeritus, Emory University School Medicine, Atlanta, since 1997; director surgical education, Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, 1993-1997. Consultant Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Achievements
Membership
Served to major Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1956-1959. Fellow American College of Surgeons (governor). Member American Association Surgery of Trauma (president 1979), American Surgical Association, Southern Surgical Association, Southeastern Surgical Congress (president 1985), International Surgical Society, Society Surgery of Alimentary Tract, American Burn Association, Shock Society, American Trauma Society, Georgia Surgical Society (president 1997), Sigma Xi, Psi Upsilon, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Ruth Kathryn Thieman, August 23, 1952, (deceased 2002). Children: Nann, Alice, Nina, John, Julie. Married Mary Ellen Hulsey, July 12, 2003.
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Nationality
American