Background
Shochat, Stephen Jay was born on December 17, 1938 in Baltimore. Son of Albert J. and Rose (Blechman) Shochat.
Shochat, Stephen Jay was born on December 17, 1938 in Baltimore. Son of Albert J. and Rose (Blechman) Shochat.
Bachelor of Science, Randolph Mason College, 1959; Doctor of Medicine, Medical College Virginia, 1963.
Surgical resident, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, 1963-1968; pediatric surgical resident, Boston Children's Hospital, 1968-1970; thoracic surgical resident, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, England, 1970; thoracic surgical resident, George Washington Hospital, Washington, 1972; chief pediatric surgery, Hershey (Pennsylvania) Medical Center, 1973-1977; chief pediatric surgery, Stanford (California) Medical Center, 1977-1994; senior surgeon, Children's Hospital Philadelphia, 1994-1996; surgeon-in-chief, department chairman surgery, St. Jude Children Research Hospital, Memphis, since 1996; professor pediatrics and surgery, U. Tennessee, Memphis, since 1996.
Lieutenant colonel United States Air Force, 1970-1972.
Married Sheila Floam, July 1960 (divorcedJuly 1979). Children: Francine Lynne, Alisa Joy. Married Carla Ann Centi, January 26, 1980.
Children: David Robert, Sarah Elizabeth.