Background
Stern, Walter Eugene was born on January 1, 1920 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Walter Eugene and Ida May (McCoy) Stern.
Stern, Walter Eugene was born on January 1, 1920 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Walter Eugene and Ida May (McCoy) Stern.
AB cum laude, University California. Doctor of Medicine, University California, 1943.
Surgical intern, assistant resident surgery and neurological surgery University California Hospital, 1943-1946, assistant resident neurological surgery and neuropathology, 1948. Clinical clerk National Hospital Paralyzed and Epileptic, London, 1948-1949. National Research fellow medical science Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, 1949-1950.
Assistant resident, resident University California Service, 1951. Clinical instructor University California, 1951. Assistant professor neurosurgery University of California at Los Angeles, 1952-1956, associate professor, 1956-1959, professor, 1959—1987, professor emeritus, since 1987, chief division neurosurgery, 1952-1985, chairman department surgery, 1981-1987.
National Institutes of Health special fellow university laboratory physiology Oxford (England) University, 1961-1962. Consultant neurosurgery Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital.
Lieutenant to captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1946-1948. Fellow American College of Surgeons (secretary). Member American Medical Association, American Surgical Association, Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Los Angeles Surgical Society (president 1978), American Association Neurological Surgeons (president 1979-1980, Cushing medalist, 1992), James IV Association Surgeons, Western Neurosurg.
Society (past president), Society Neurological Surgeons (past president, Distinguished Service award 1999), Neurosurg. Society of America, American Neurological Association, Society University Surgeons, Society British Neurological Surgeons (honorary), California Association Neurological Surgery (Distinguished Service award 2004), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Elizabeth Naffziger, May 24, 1946. Children: Geoffrey Alexander, Howard Christian, Eugenia Louise, Walter Eugene III.