Background
Smith, Wade Kilgore was born on September 7, 1939 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Wade Sutherin and Helen Agnes (Kilgore) Smith.
Smith, Wade Kilgore was born on September 7, 1939 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Wade Sutherin and Helen Agnes (Kilgore) Smith.
AB cum laude in Zoology-Chemistry, with honors in Zoology, Oberlin College, 1959; Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1963.
Intern, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1963-1964;
assistant resident, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1964, 67-68;
chief resident and instructor in medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1968-1969;
educational fellow and instructor in medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1969;
research associate in immunology, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1970-1971;
instructor immunology, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1971-1972;
associate in medicine, division hematology and oncology, associate immunology, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1972-1975;
assistant professor medicine, Medical College Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth U., Richmond, 1975-1980;
member cancer center, Medical College Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth U., Richmond, since 1976;
associate professor medicine, Medical College Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth U., Richmond, since 1980;
director comprehensive cancer center, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, 1987-1995;
medical director hospice program, McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, since 1991. Guest investigator and assistant resident physician hospital Rockefeller U., New York City, 1969. Consultant medical oncology McGuire VA Medical Center, since 1980, chiefhematology-medical oncology section, 1981-1988, other committees.
Acting chairman division medical oncology, department medicine Medical College Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth U., 1981, numerous other positions and committees. Visiting lecturer Tata Memorial Cancer Centre, Bombay, 1985, Mid-Atlantic Society Radiation Oncologists, Richmond, 1988.
Lecturer Berkeley Model Health Curriculum, Richmond Public Schools, 1976-1984, I Can Cope program richmond area unit American Cancer Society, 1991, 92, 93, 94, board directors, 1979-1983, chairman professional education committee, 1980-1983, vice president, 1981-1982. Lecturer Mathematics and Science Center, 1984, 85. Member medical advisory board Richmond Metropolitan Blood Center, 1986-1993.
Captain medical Crops United States Army, 1965-1966. Fellow International Society Hematology. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Clinical Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, American Chemical Society (division medical chemistry), American College Physicians, American Society Clinical Oncology, American Society Hematology, Mid-Atlantic Oncology Program, New York Academy Sciences, Virginia Society Hematology and Oncology, Tissue Culture Association, Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association, Richmond Blood Club, Sigma Xi (associate).
Married Muriel Elizabeth Hagen, June 15, 1963. Children: Karen Elizabeth, Deborah Anne.