Background
Webb, Watts Rankin was born on September 8, 1922 in Columbia, Kentucky, United States. Son of Frank Elbert and Susie Josephine (Rankin) Webb.
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Webb, Watts Rankin was born on September 8, 1922 in Columbia, Kentucky, United States. Son of Frank Elbert and Susie Josephine (Rankin) Webb.
Bachelor, University Mississippi, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1945.
Intern, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1945-1946; resident in surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital., Biloxi, Mississippi, 1946-1948; resident in general and thoracic surgery, Barnes Hospital, 1948-1952; chief surgeon, Mississippi State Sanatorium, 1952-1963; instructor surgery, U. Mississippi, 1955-1956; assistant professor surgery, U. Mississippi, 1956-1958; professor, U. Mississippi, 1958-1963; professor, chairman division thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, University Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, 1964-1970; professor, department chairman surgery, State University of New York Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, 1970-1977; professor surgery, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1977-1993; professor surgery, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, since 1993; department chairman, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1977-1989.
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Fellow American College of Surgeons, American College Chest Physicians. Member American Medical Association, American Association Thoracic Surgery, American College Cardiology, American Federation Clinical Research, American Heart Association (Silver medal 1963), American Physiological Society, American Surgical Association, American Thoracic Society, Halsted Society, Louisiana Medical Society, Orleans Parish Medical Society, New Orleans Surgical Society, Societe International de Chirurgie, Society Cryobiology, Society Thoracic Surgeons, Society University Surgeons, Southeastern Surgical Congress, Southern Medical Association, Southern Society Clinical Research, Southern Surgical Association (Shipley medal 1961), Southern Thoracic Society, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Surgical Association Louisiana, Surgical Biology Club II, International Society Heart Transplantation, Gulf Coast Vascular Society, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Pi Kappa Pi, Beta Beta Beta, Alpha Epsilon Delta.
Married Frances Luella Cooke, August 19, 1944. Children: Andrew Michael, Paul Alan, Harvey Elbert, Gordon Lewis.