William C. Wood

Background

Wood, William C. was born on May 3, 1940 in Fairbury, Illinois, United States. Son of William A. and Violet B. (Johnson) Wood.

Education

Bachelor of Science cum laude, Wheaton College, 1962; Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Harvard University, 1966.

Career

Assistant resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1966-1968; resident in surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1970-1974; clinical associate surgical branch immunology section National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1968-1970; assistant professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1975-1982; assistant professor, chief surgical oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1982-1990; professor, department chairman surgery School Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, since 1991. Chair breast committee Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, Boston, 1991-1997. Co-Chairman.Early Brast Cancer Clinical Trialists Cooperative Group, Oxford, England, since 1995.

Achievements

• William C. Wood has been listed as a noteworthy Surgeon, medical educator, academic chairman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors, member Executive Committee Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, S. Hamilton, Massachusetts, since 1975. Member American Society Clinical Oncology (board directors since 1995), Society Surgical Oncology (secretary since 1995).

Connections

Married Judith A. Lindsell, Aug.15, 1964. Children: Kristen Marie, William Andrew, Lindsay Annual.

Father:

William A. Wood

Mother:

Violet B. (Johnson) Wood

Spouse:

Judith A. Lindsell

child:

William Andrew Wood

child:

Lindsay Annual Wood

child:

Kristen Marie Wood