Background
Traughber, Sam Hendley was born on November 29, 1935 in Maysville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Samuel Bradley and Rose Ellen (Hendley) Traughber.
Traughber, Sam Hendley was born on November 29, 1935 in Maysville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Samuel Bradley and Rose Ellen (Hendley) Traughber.
BME with honours, Murray (Kentucky) State University, 1957; Mechanical and Materials Engineering, U. Kansas, 1959; Doctor of Medicine with honours, U. Louisville, 1965.
Intern and resident, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1965-1969;
private practice cardiology, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, since 1969. Member of staff Jennie Stuart Medical Center, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Caldwell County War Memorial Hospital, Princeton, Kentucky, Trigg County Hospital, Cadiz, Kentucky. Board directors Kentucky affiliate American Heart Association, since 1985, president, 1991-1992.
Board directors Kentucky Peer Review Organisation, 1980-1985. Associate professor clinical medicine U. Kentucky, Lexington. Federal Black Lung examiner, since 1985.
Director Jennie Stuart Medical Center Dialysis Unit, 1969-1990, Ren Center Dialysis, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, since 1990. Principal investigator Gusto Trial, 1991-1993.
Member Governor's Advisory Council for Kidney Disease, 1969;l board directors Pennyrile Mental Health and Retardation, 1969. Trustee 1st Methodist Church, 1990. With United States Army, 1959-1961.
Fellow American College of Physicians (Laureate award 1992), American College Cardiology. Member Kentucky Med.Assn. (county for continuing medical education 1987-1988, claims and utilizations review committee, science committee, membership committee), American Society Echocardiography, Pennyrile Medical Society (past president), Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Blanche Polley Traughber, June 2, 1956. Children: Samantha Lyn, James Bradley.
