Thomas William Shields

Background

Shields, Thomas William was born on August 17, 1922 in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Junior and Elizabeth (Flanagan) Shields.

Education

Bachelor, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, 1943. Doctor of Science (honorary), Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, 1978. Doctor of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1947.

Career

Resident surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, 1949-1955; professor surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, 1968-1992; professor Emeritus of surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, since 1992; practice medicine specializing in surgery, Chicago, since 1956; chief of surgery, VA Lakeside Hospital, Chicago, 1968-1987; chief thoracic surgery, VA Lakeside Medical Center, Chicago, 1987-1990.

Achievements

• Thomas William Shields has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • General Thoracic Surgery Volume 2 5th Edition

    (As pictured great condition)

  • General thoracic surgery (2 volumes)
  • Bronchial carcinoma, (American lecture series, publication no. 942. A monograph in the Bannerstone division of American lectures in surgery)

Membership

Served with United States Army, 1951-1953. Member American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Society Thoracic Surgery, Central, Western Surgical Associations, Société Internationale de Chirurgie, Society for Surgery of Alimentary Tract, International Association for Study Lung Cancer, Japanese Association Thoracic Surgery (honorary), Pennsylvania Association Thoracic Surgery (honorary), Pan Pacific Surgical Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Dorothea Ann Thomas, June 12, 1948. Children: Thomas William, John Leland, Carol Annual.

Father:

John Shields Junior

Mother:

Elizabeth (Flanagan) Shields

Spouse:

Dorothea Ann Thomas

child:

Carol Annual Shields

child:

Thomas William Shields

child:

John Leland Shields