Background
Gibbs, Sydney Royston was born on June 15, 1934 in West Plains, Missouri, United States. Son of Wallace Pemberton and Leila Mary (Royston) Gibbs.
Gibbs, Sydney Royston was born on June 15, 1934 in West Plains, Missouri, United States. Son of Wallace Pemberton and Leila Mary (Royston) Gibbs.
Bachelor of Science with honors, University Alabama, 1955. Doctor of Medicine, University Tennessee, 1958.
Intern, U. Tennessee Hospitals, Knoxville, 1959; private practice, Roberta, Georgia, 1960; junior assistant surgery resident, U. Alabama Hospitals, Birmingham, 1961; partner, Drs. Clinic and Hospital, Bessemer, Alabama, 1963-1966; junior surgery resident, Lloyd Noland Hospital, Birmingham, 1967-1968; senior surgery resident, Lloyd Noland Hospital, Birmingham, 1969; private practice, Bessemer, 1970-1988; medical director, ACIPCO Health Superior vena cava syndrome, Birmingham, since 1989. President medical staff Bessemer Carraway Medical Center, 1982-1983, member board of trustees, 1982-1983, chief of surgery, 1974-1975.
Witness on employer mandate/health security act United States House of Representatives, 1994. Active deacon board Shades Mountain Baptist Church, since 1980. Medical missionary Antigua, West Indies, 1975, 78.
Major United States Army, 1962. Fellow American College of Surgeons, Southeastern College Surgeons. Member American College Physician Executives, Birmingham Academy Medicine.
Married Clarice Ellen Smith, December 28, 1958. Children: Sydney Royston Junior, Julie Gibbs Erwin.