Thomas Joseph Petz

Background

Petz, Thomas Joseph was born on February 10, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Arthur J. and Marie (McCarthy) Petz.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Detroit, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, Wayne State University, 1955.

Career

Intern, Harper Hospital, Detroit, 1955-1956; resident, Harper Hospital, Detroit, 1958-1959, 60-62; resident, University of California, San Francisco, 1959-1960; clinical instructor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1962-1972; associate professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1972-1976; clinical associate professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1976-1995; clinical professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, since 1996; private practice pulmonary disease and internal medicine, Detroit, 1962-1972; private practice pulmonary disease and internal medicine, St. Clair Shores, Michigan, since 1977. Chief pulmonary Wayne State University, Detroit, 1974-1976, Harper Hospital, Detroit, 1972-1979. Director medical intensive care unit Harper Hospital, Detroit, 1977-1983.

Department chairman medicine Bon Secours Hospital, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1984-1986. Chairman General Motors human research committee, 1995.

Achievements

• Thomas Joseph Petz has been listed as a noteworthy Internist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board Governors Wayne State School of Medicine Alumni Association, Detroit, 1981-1985. Fellow Detroit Academy Medicine (president 1982-1983), American College Chest Physicians. Member American College Physicians, Detroit Medical Club.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, skiing.

Connections

Married Catherine Crowe, June 13, 1959. Children: Thomas Junior, William, David, John, Catherine.

Father:

Arthur J. Petz

Mother:

Marie (McCarthy) Petz

Spouse:

Catherine Crowe

child:

William Petz

child:

David Petz

child:

John Petz

child:

Catherine Petz

child:

Thomas Junior Petz