Background
Frey, Walter Guernsey was born on August 21, 1896 in Long Island City, New York, United States. Son of Walter G. and Susan Baker (Hamilton) Frey.
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Walter Guernsey Frey
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1916, Doctor of Medicine 1919.
Career
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, 1942-1961, consultant, since 1961. Attending ophthalmologist Saint Luke’s Hospital, New York City, 1936-1956, consultant ophthalmology, 1956. Director ophthalmology Queens General Hospital, Jamaica, New York, 1935-1948, consultant ophthalmologist since 1948.
Consultant ophthalmologist Bronx (New York) Eye and Ear Infirmary since 1938, Saint John's Long Island Hospital, since 1940, Sharon (Connecticut) Hospital since 1943, Flushing Hospital since 1945.
Clinical professor ophthalmology New York Medical College, 1945-1948, clinical professor ophthalmology, postgraduate medical school New York University, 1946-1961, lecturer ophthalmology, since 1961.
Achievements
Membership
Member nurse advisory council Board of Regents, New York, 1951-1960. Member Joint Commission in New York State for Improvement of Care of Patient, 1954-1956. American College of Surgeons fellow, New York Academy of Medicine (chairman eye section, 1948).
Member of the American Medical Association, Medical Society County Queens (president 1949), American Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, medical societies state and county New York, Pan American Congress Ophthalmology, New York Ophthalmological Society (president 1949), Saint Nicholas Society, Society Colonial Wars, South.R., Delta Upsilon.
Clubs: University.
Connections
Married Josephine Whitehouse, September 12, 1924. Children: Phoebe Meredith (Mistress West. Bachelor of Arts Bentley), Walter Guernsey III. Surgeon director
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Episcopalian