Stephen Lawrence Gumport

Background

Gumport, Stephen Lawrence was born on December 5, 1913 in New York City. Son of Leonard Arnold and Doris Beatrice (Reisenburger) Gumport.

Education

Bachelor, Amherst College, 1934. Doctor of Medicine, Cornell University, 1938.

Career

Intern Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, 1938—1940, resident pathology, 1940, resident surgery, 1946—1949. Assistant visiting surgeon 4th Surgical Division Bellevue Hospital, 1948—1959, visiting surgeon 3rd and 4th Surgical Division, 1958—1977, attending surgeon, since 1977, Doctors Hospital, New York City, 1949—1969, University Hospital, since 1967, assistant attending surgeon, 1949—1958, associate attending surgeon, 1958—1967, New York Infirmary, 1964—1966, attending surgeon, 1966—1980. Faculty New York University School Medicine, since 1949, professor surgery, since 1980.

Colonel United States Air Force Reserve, 1950—1973. Assistant attending surgeon New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1958—1967. Liaison fellow Commission Cancer, American Cancer Society, 1960—1970.

Co-director tumor service department surgery New York University Medical Center, 1966—1981. Attending general surgery Manhattan Veterans Administration Hospital, 1967—1969. Coordinator New York Metropolitan Regional Medical Program, New York University, 1967—1969.

Director cancer rehabilitation service Institute Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University Medical Center, since 1981. Consultant in field; Colonel United States Army, 1940-1946.

Achievements

• Stephen Lawrence Gumport has been listed as a noteworthy surgical oncologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: American College of Surgeons. Member: American Medical Association, Society Alumni Bellevue Hospital, Society Surgical Oncology, Society Medical Consultant Armed Forces, New York Surgical Society, New York County Medical Society, New York State Cancer Program Association, New York Postgraduate and University Hospital Alumni Association, New York Academy of Sciences, New York Cancer Society, New York Academy Medicine, American Society Clinical Oncology, American Cancer Society, American Association Cancer Research, American Association Cancer Education, Sigma Xi (Distinguished Teacher award 1975).

Connections

Married Margot Susan Loebl, July 19, 1949. Children: Leonard, Michael, Jonathan, Daniel.

Father:

Leonard Arnold Gumport

Mother:

Doris Beatrice (Reisenburger) Gumport

Spouse:

Margot Susan Loebl

child:

Daniel Gumport

child:

Michael Gumport

child:

Leonard Gumport

child:

Jonathan Gumport