Background
Folkerth, Theodore Leon was born on November 24, 1937 in Darke County, Ohio, United States. Son of Lalbhai Dalpatbhai and Lenore Abigail (Carpenter) Folkerth.
educator cardiovascular surgeon
Folkerth, Theodore Leon was born on November 24, 1937 in Darke County, Ohio, United States. Son of Lalbhai Dalpatbhai and Lenore Abigail (Carpenter) Folkerth.
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, Earlham College, 1959; Master of Science in Biochemistry, Indiana U., Indianapolis, 1962; Doctor of Medicine, Indiana U., Indianapolis, 1965.
Commissioned officer, United States Navy, 1964;
advanced through grades to commander, United States Navy
intern, Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, 1965-1966;
resident in general thoracic surgery, Naval Hospital, San Diego, 1967-1972;
resident in cardiac surgery, Stanford Veterans Administration Hospital., Palo Alto, California, 1972-1973;
staff thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon, fellow, Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego, 1973-1977;
retired,, 1978;
staff cardiovascular surgeon, Good Samaritan Hospital, San Jose, California, 1978-1981;
chief cardiac surgery, Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa, California, 1979-1987;
private practice,, Oceanside, California, since 1987;
member of staff, Scripps Memorial Hospital, LaJolla, California, since 1996;
cardiac surgeon, Tri City Med Center, Oceanside, California, since 1987. Chairman division cardiovascular surgery Tri-City Medical Center, Oceanside, since 1987. Assistant clinical professor University of California, San Diego, 1975-1977, associate clinical professor, since 1987.
Program director seminar Current Controversies in Cardiac Surgery,1993.
Fellow American College of Surgeons, Society Thoracic Surgeons (public affairs committee 1997-1998). Member Western Thoracic Surgical Association.
Married Lenora Lee Wallace, December 22, 1963 (divorced 1981). Children: Theodore Wesley, Elizabeth Anne, Geoffrey Wallace. Married Jean Mary Macfarlane, February 17, 1995.