Background
Spencer, William A. was born on February 16, 1922 in Oklahoma City.
physician educational administrator
Spencer, William A. was born on February 16, 1922 in Oklahoma City.
Bachelor of Science cum laude, Georgetown University, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1946.
Intern Johns Hopkins Hosp Harriet Lane Home, Baltimore, 1946-1947, resident, 1947-1948. Medical director Southwestern Poliomyelitis Respiratory Center, Houston, 1950-1959. Director Texas Institute Rehabilitation and Research, 1959-1977.
President Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, 1977-1988. Instructor department pediatrics Baylor College Medicine, 1950-1955, assistant professor department pediatrics, 1955-1957, assistant professor department physiology, 1954-1957, professor, chairman department rehabilitation medicine, 1957-1988. Visiting member graduate faculty Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, College Station.
Consultant staff Veterans Administration Hospital, Houston. Consultant spinal injury service and physical medicine and rehabilitation Veterans Administration Hospital, Houston. Consultant department biomathematics and physical medicine and rehabilitation M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston.
Assistant attending physician Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston. Member active staff Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Houston. Member courtesy staff St. Anthony's Center, Houston.
Horowitz visiting professor Institute Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New York University Medical Center, 1964. Member University Houston Center for Public Policy Advisory Council, since 1981. Member VA Rehabilitation, Research and Development, Science Merit Review Board, since 1981.
Member science advisory board Paralyzed Veterans American Technology and Research Foundation, since 1981. Member committee on health care of racial/ethnic minorities and handicapped persons National Academy of Sciences, 1980-1981. Member panel on testing of handicapped National Academy of Sciences, 1980-1981.
Intermittent consultant National Institute Handicapped Research, Washington, since 1979. Member Institute Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, since 1971. Member physical medicine services advisory committee Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, since 1972.
Member medical commission Rehabilitation International, since 1977. Ad hoc member VA Science Review and Evaluation Board for Rehabilitation Engineering Research and Development, since 1981.
Served to captain, Medical corpus, United States army, 1948-1950. Member American Medical Association, American Physiological Society, American Congress Rehabilitation Medicine (Gold Key 1972, Culter award 1978), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Texas Medical Association, Harris County Medical Society, Houston Pediatric Society, National Rehabilitation Association, New York Academy of Sciences, Southern Medical Association, Southern Society Pediatric Research, Society Advanced Medical Systems, Association Computing Machinery, American Association Medical Systems and Informatics, American Documentation Institute, International Rehabilitation Medicine Association, American Academy Orthopedics (associate), American Academy Physical Medicine (honorary), American College Physicians in Computation, Texas Society Professional Engineers (honorary), National Association Rehabilitation and Research Centers (executive committee of board since 1982), Houston Chamber of Commerce C., Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.