Ruth Esther Uphold

Background

Uphold, Ruth Esther was born on September 4, 1945 in Huron, South Dakot.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of California, San Francisco, 1967; Doctor of Medicine, Tufts U., 1974.

Career

Emergency director, Southern Maine Medical Center (formerly Webber Hospital), Biddeford, Maine., 1975-1978; resident in emergeny medicine, Valley Medical Center, Fresno, California, 1978-1980; director emergency department, Medical Center Hospital Vermont, Burlington, since 1980; assistant professor College Medicine, U. Vermont, Burlington, 1980-1991; associate professor, U. Vermont, Burlington, since 1991.

Achievements

• Ruth Esther Uphold has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member advising committee Sexual Assault, Burlington, 1982-1984. Member committee Fatal Accident Review, Burlington, 1982-1987. Chair committee Vermont affiliate American HeartAssn., Shelburne, Vermont, 1983-1995.

Fellow American College Emergency Physicians. Member American Medical Association, Emergency Medical Society (Vermont chapter co-chair medical control committee 1982-1990, advisory county 1981-1983), Vermont State Medical Society.

Interests

• Avocations: biking, windsurfing.

Connections

Daughter of William Blaine and Alice Lillian (Butz) U.

Father:

William Blaine Uphold

Mother:

Alice Lillian (Butz) Uphold