Background
Holder, Thomas Martin was born on September 1, 1926 in Corinth, Mississippi, United States. Son of Solomon Smith and Ethel Edna (Martin) Holder.
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Thomas Martin Holder
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Student, University Mississippi, 1944, 46-48; Doctor of Medicine Bowman Gray School Medicine, Wake Forest U., 1952.
Career
Intern, Jefferson Medical College Hospital, Philadelphia, 1952-1953; resident surgery, Jefferson Medical College Hospital, 1953-1954, 58-59; resident pediatric surgery, Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Boston., 1954-1957, 58-59; practice medicine specializing in pediatric surgery, Kansas City, Missoury, 1960-1993; surgeon-in-chief, Childrens Mercy Hospital, 1960-1963; chief thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Childrens Mercy Hospital, 1972-1993; medical affairs consul, Childrens Mercy Hospital, since 1994; head section pediatric surgery, U. Kansas Medical Center, 1963-1972; professor surgery, U. Kansas Medical Center (School Medicine), 1960-1972; clinical professor surgery, U. Missouri, Kansas City, 1972-1992; professor surgery, U. Missouri, Kansas City, 1992-1993; emeritus professor, U. Missouri, Kansas City, since 1993; associate dean, U. Missouri, Kansas City, 1990-1992. Visiting scientist McIndoe laboratories, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, Sussex, England, 1969-1970.
Achievements
Membership
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member American Academy Pediatrics (chairman surgical section), American Pediatric Surgical Association (president), American, Central surgical associations, British Association Pediatric Surgeons (honorary), American Association Thoracic Surgery, Society U. Surgeons, Australian Computer Society.
Connections
Married Kathryn Anderson Robinson, June 6, 1953. Children: Jean Celeste, Thomas Martin Junior, Kathryn Hendry.
