Background
Earnest, Tamar DeRoy was born on December 16, 1940 in San Francisco, California, United States.
Earnest, Tamar DeRoy was born on December 16, 1940 in San Francisco, California, United States.
Bachelor, Temple University, 1964; Doctor of Medicine, Temple University, 1968.
Intern, Abington (Pennsylvania) Memorial Hospital, 1968-1969;
resident in surgery, Springfield (Massachusetts) Hospital Medical Center, 1969-1970;
resident in surgery, Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia, 1970-1971;
resident in pediatrics surgery, St. Christopher's Humulus Lupulus for Children, Philadelphia, 1971;
resident in surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1971;
resident in surgery, Sacred Heart Hospital, Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1971-1974;
resident in pediatrics cardiothoracic surgery, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, 1973;
fellow in peripheral vascular surgery, Middlesex General Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1976-1977;
fellow in surgical critical care, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1988;
physician, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania, since 1974;
physician, Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania, since 1974. Clinical assistant professor surgery Medical College Pennsylvania and Hahnemann U., 1988-1997. Clinical assistant professor surgery College Medicine of Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, 1995-1997.
Co-chair Association Women Surgeons Foundation, 1992-1994, board of trustees, 1994-1996. Member of advisory board Burn Prevention Foundation, Allentown, since 1995. Member steering committee Critical Incident Stress Management Team-Eastern Pennsylvania Express Mail Service Region, since 1989, CISD team member, since 1990.
Member medical Executive Committee Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital, Allentown, 1984-1986, president-elect medical staff, 1986, president medical staff, 1986-1987, board of trustees, since 1992, Chief Executive Officer search committee 1996-1997. Surgical.edn. committee Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, 1981-1996, head section for pediatrics trauma, division trauma, 1992-1996, surgery department representative to product review commission, 1993-1996. President, board directors Lehigh Valley Trauma Care Inc., Allentown, 1989-1991, secretary, board directors, 1991-1996.
Medical director Northwestern Ambulance Corps, New Tripoli, Pennsylvania, 1994-1996, automated external defibrillator instructor, 1995. Treasurer medical staff Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, 1983-1984.
Past board of trustees Jewish Federation Allentown. Fellow American College Surgeons, Society Critical Care Medicine. Member American Medical Association, Am.Assn. for Automotive Medicine (life), American Burn Association, American Medical Women's Association (life, delegate national convention 1990, state director Pennsylvania 1990-1994, Cmty.
Svc. award 1994), American Society General Surgeons (charter), American Trauma Society, Association Women Surgeons (founding member, life, vice president, treasurer 1986-1988, pres.1988-1990, past president 1990-1992, chair development committee 1992, Distinguished Member award 1994), Business and Professional Women of Jewish Federation of Allentown, Delaware Valley Vascular Society, American College Emergency Physicians (disaster medicine section), Eastern Association for Surgery of Trauma, International Association for Medical Assistance to Travelers, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Lehigh County Medical Society (alternate delegate to PMS 1991-1996, del to PMS 1996), Maimonides Society of Jewish Federation of Allentown, Medical Women of LehighValley (founder, past chair, past membership chair) Pan Pacific Surgical Association, Pennsylvania Association Women Business Owners (chair nominations committee 1995-1996,co-chair program committee 1995-1996), Pennsylvania Medical Society, Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, Wilderness Medical Society (life, chair development committee 1989-1996), World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Temple University Medical Alumni Association (board directors since 1989, awards committee since 1989).
