Background
Raia, Theodore John was born on April 14, 1934 in New York City. Son of Theodore Roland and Catherine Helen (Spina) Raia.
military career officer and radiologist
Raia, Theodore John was born on April 14, 1934 in New York City. Son of Theodore Roland and Catherine Helen (Spina) Raia.
Bachelor of Science, Manhattan College, 1956; Doctor of Medicine, U. Rome, 1961.
Intern, Stamford (Connecticut) Hospital, 1961-1962;
commissioned First lieutenant, United States Army, 1962;
advanced through grades to colonel, United States Army, 1984;
retired, United States Army, 1997;
battalion surgeon, 5th Infantry United States Army, Fort Carson, Colorado, 1962-1964;
resident radiology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, 1964-1967;
chief radiology, United States Army Hospital, Vicenza, Italy, 1967-1970;
chief radiology, Wald County General Hospital, Belfast, Maine., 1970-1971;
chief radiology, Nashoba Cmty. Hospital, Ayer, Massachusetts, 1971-1984;
chief radiology, Cutler Army Hospital, Fort Devens, Massachusetts, 1984-1987;
deputy commander clinical services, Cutler Army Hospital, Fort Devens, 1987-1992;
commander, 46th Combat Support Hospital, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, 1990-1991;
chief department radiology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, 1993-1997;
consultant, Maryland. Consortium for Evaluation of Telemed, Baltimore, since 1997.
Assistant professor Uniformed Superior vena cava syndrome U., Bethesda, Maryland., 1992-1997.
Active Conservation Commission, Harvard, Mas., 1972-1975, Board Appeals, Harvard, 1985-1990. Member, chairman Planning Board, Harvard, 1975-1985. Medical examiner 4th District Worcester County, Massachusetts, 1980-1992.
Member Radiological Society North America, Massachusetts Medical Society (district president).
Married Filomena T. Tranquillo. Children: Catherine Silliman, Susan Canali, Theodore III, Francine Durcan, Courtenay, Rachel.