Wesley Leonard Furste, II

Background

II, Wesley Leonard Furste, was born on April 19, 1915 in Cincinnati. Son of Wesley Leonard and Alma (Deckebach) F.

Education

Bachelor of Arts cum laude (Julius Dexter scholar 1933-1934). Harvard Club scholar 1934-1935), Harvard University, 1937; Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1941.

Career

Intern Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus, 1941-1942. Fellow surgery University Cincinnati, 1945-1946. Assistant surgical resident Cincinnati General Hospital, 1946-1949.

Senior assistant surgical resident Ohio State University Hospitals, 1949-1950, chief surgical resident, 1950-1951. Limited practice medicine specializing in surgery Columbus, from 1951. Instructor Ohio State University, 1951-1954, clinical assistant professor surgery, 1954-1966, clinical associate professor, 1966-1974, clinical professor surgery, 1974-1985, clinical professor emeritus, from 1985.

Member surgical staff Mount Carmel Medical Center, chairman department surgery, 1981-1985, director surgery program, 1981-1982. Member surgical staff Children's, Grant Medical Center, University, Riverside, Methodist Hospitals, St. Anthony Medical Center, Park Medical Center (all Columbus). Surgical consultant Dayton (Ohio) Veterans Administration Hospital, Columbus State School, Ohio State Penitentiary, Mercy Hospital, Benjamin Franklin Hospital, Columbus, Columbus Community Hospital.

Regional advisory committee national blood program American Red Cross, 1951-1968, chairman, 1958-1968. Invited participant 2d International Conference on Tetanus, World Health Organization, Bern, Switzerland, 1966, 3d, São, Paulo, Brazil, 1970, 4th, Dakar, Sénégal, 1975, 5th, Ronneby Brunn, Sweden, 1978, 6th, Lyon, France, 1981, 7th, Copanello, Italy, 1984, 8th, Leningrad, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1987, 9th, Granada, Spain, 1991. Invited rapporteur 4th International Conference on Tetanus, Dakar, Sénégal, 1975.

Member medical advisory committee Medic Alert Foundation International, 1971-1973, 76-80, board directors, 1973-1976. Douglas lecturer Medical College of Ohio, Toledo. Founder Digestive Disease Found.

Lecturer United States Army Medical Corps on World War II Chinese activities during 1943-1946. Invited orator for new citizens at naturalization ceremonies United States District Court (southern district) Ohio.

Achievements

• Wesley Leonard Furste II has been listed as a noteworthy Surgeon, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Ohio Motor Vehicle Medical Review Board, 1965-1967, President Club, Ohio State University. Board directors American Cancer Society Franklin County, president, 1964-1966. Advisory council Upper Arlington Senior Center, 2000.

Served to major, Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1942-1946, China, 1951-1953. Member American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Public Health Association, Center Surgical Association, Surgical Infection Society, International Biliary Association, Shock Society, Society of America Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (committee on standards of practice, resident and fellow education, committee legislation review), Society Surgery of Alimentary Tract, Australian Computer Society (governor-at-large, chairman Ohio committee trauma. National subcommittee prophylaxis against tetanus in wound management, Ohio chapter Distinguished Service award 1987.

Regional credentials committee), American Association Surgery of Trauma, International Federation of Surgical Colleges, Ohio Surgical Association, Columbus Surgical Association (honorary member. President 1983), American Trauma Society (founding member, director), Ohio Medical Association, Academy Medicine Columbus and Franklin County (Award of Merit for 17 years service, chairman blood transfusion committee, 50 Year Service award), Academy Medicine Cincinnati, American Medical Writers Association, Graduate Surgical Society University Cincinnati, Robert M. Zollinger Surgical Ohio State University Surgical Society, Mont Reid Graduate Surgical Society, American Geriatrics Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Association Program Directors in Surgery, Association Physicians State of Ohio, Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae, Association American Medical Colleges, International Society Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Society International de Chirurgie, American Association Senior Physicians, Société Internationale sur le Tetanos, American Physicians Art Association, American Association Retired Persons (board directors Franklin County Unit), China-Burma-India Veterans, Association Columbus Basha (vice Commander 1992-1993, Commander 1993-1994, V-J Day coordinator, surgeon general since 1994), American Legion Northwest Post # 443, American Medical Golfing Association, International Brotherhood Magicians, Society of America Magicians, New York Center System History Society, United States Squash Racquets Association (member ranking committee, medical advisory committee, National Softball Champion, 1992, 1996), American Platform Tennis Association, Columbus Squash Racquets Association (board directors), Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (lecturer), President's Club (Ohio State University).

Connections

Married Leone James, March 28, 1942. Children: Nancy Dianne, Susan Deanne, Wesley Leonard III.

Father:

Wesley Leonard F.

Mother:

Alma (Deckebach) F.

Spouse:

Leone James

child:

Wesley Leonard III

child:

Nancy Dianne II

child:

Susan Deanne II