Background
Lapenta, Vincent Anthony was born on July 4, 1883 in Naples, Italy. Son of Biagio and Catherine Conte Lapenta.
Lapenta, Vincent Anthony was born on July 4, 1883 in Naples, Italy. Son of Biagio and Catherine Conte Lapenta.
Doctor of Medicine University of Naples, 1906. Came to the United States, 1907. Studied Harvard, 1910, Illinois Post-Graduate School, 1911.
In practice of abdominal surgery, Indianapolis, since 1911. Surgeon in chief Saint Francis Hospital. Member State Governing Committee of Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine.
Discoverer of a serum for control of hemorrhage.
Royal consul of Italy in Indiana Assigned, 1915, to reservists of Italian Army in Indiana.
Fellow American Medical Association Royal Society of Arts (England), International College Surgeons, Geneva ( chairman of the board of trustees and council of examiners, United States chapter, 1936-1941). Member Indiana Medical Association, Indianapolis Medical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medico Legal Association, American Congress Physical Medicine, Indiana Academy Sciences. Club: Indianapolis Athletic.
Married Rose Mary Mangieri, March 1908. Children: Catherine Elizabeth, Biagio Esculapio.