Vincent Patrick Collins

Background

Collins, Vincent Patrick was born on November 11, 1912 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of John and Laura (Doyle) Collins. came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1945.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University Toronto, 1937. Juris Doctor, University Houston, 1964.

Career

Intern, Toronto General Hospital, 1937-1938; demonstrator anatomy, fellow physiology, U. Toronto, 1938-1939; research fellow, Banting Institute, 1939-1940; senior resident pathology, N.E. Deaconess Hospital, Boston, 1940-1942; resident surgical pathology, instructor surgery, Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia, 1942-1943; resident radiology, Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia, 1945-1947; attending radiologist, Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia, 1950-1952; instructor radiology, Columbia University, 1947-1949; consultant radiology, United States Public Health Service Marine Hospital, S.I., 1948-1952; assistant professor, Columbia University, 1949-1950; associate professor radiology, Columbia University, 1950-1952; chief radiotherapy, Francis Delafield Hospital, 1950-1952; professor radiology, department chairman, Baylor University, 1952-1968; radiologist-in-chief, Jefferson Davis Hospital, Houston, 1952-1968; radiologist-in-chief, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, 1963-1968; chief consultant radiology, Veterans Administration Hospital., Houston, 1952-1968; attending radiologist, Methodist Hospital, Houston, 1955-1968; consultant radiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, 1956-1968; director radiotherapy, Rosewood General Hospital, 1969-1982; consultant, Rosewood General Hospital, since 1982; consultant radiotherapy, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, 1968-1982; consultant radiotherapy, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1969-1984; principal consultant radiology, National Institute General Medical Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland., 1966; principal consultant radiology, Lawrence laboratories University of California at Berkeley, 1972-1977; medical director, Houston Institute for Cancer Research, Detection and Treatment, since 1974. Member medical advising committee United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, clinical professor radiology therapy Department, University Texas Medical Branch, since 1984.

Achievements

• Vincent Patrick Collins has been listed as a noteworthy radiation oncologist, physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served from 1st lieutenant to captain, Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Fellow American College Radiology, American College Legal Medicine. Member American Roentgen Ray Society, Radiological Society North America, Texas Radiological Society, Society Surgical Oncology, American Radium Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Arthur Purdy Stout Society, American Society Therapeutic Radiologists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Academy Pathology, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Lois Cowan, December 26, 1942. Children: Cowan, Ross, Christopher.

Father:

John Collins

Mother:

Laura (Doyle) Collins

Spouse:

Lois Cowan

child:

Cowan Collins

child:

Christopher Collins

child:

Ross Collins