Background
Cahan, William George was born on August 2, 1914 in New York City. Son of Samuel George and Flora (Gomperts) Cahan.
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Cahan, William George was born on August 2, 1914 in New York City. Son of Samuel George and Flora (Gomperts) Cahan.
Bachelor of Science, Harvard University, 1935; Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1939.
Surgical pathology Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1939. Intern, house surgeon Hospital Joint Diseases, 1940-1941. Fellow cancer surgery Memorial Hospital, 1942-1948.
Thoracic consultant Strang Clinic, 1949-1953, attending surgical staff thoracic service, 1949-1985, consultant thoracic service, from 1985. Assistant attending surgeon Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, 1950-1958. Assistant attending surgeon thoracic Memorial Sloan Hosp, New York.
Instructor surgery Cornell University Medical College, 1950-1956. Consultant general surgeon Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, from 1964. Assistant attending surgeon thoracic Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, New York, 1950—1963.
Associate visiting surgeon James Ewing Hospital, New York City, 1959-1968. Consultant tumor service Newark Beth Israel Hospital, 1968. Member faculty Cornell University Medical College, from 1956, associate professor surgery, 1966-1974, professor, 1974-1984, professor emeritus, 1984—2001.
Assistant clinician Sloan-Kettering Institute, 1953-1968. Co-chairman International Workshop on Multiple Primary Cancers, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, co-chairman smoke free American awards, 1996. Professor emeritus Memorial Hospital, 2001.
Attending surgeon Thoracic Service Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, 1970-1985, senior attending surgeon, 1990-2000. Visiting scholar University Center Virginia, Richmond, 1967. Member Lasker Award Jury, 1980-1984.
Member national advisory board Look Good Feel Better Program, since 1988. Board advisors American Council of Scientific and Health. Board directors American-Italian Foundation Cancer Research.
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President Treadwell Farm History District, New York City, 1966-1969. Member overseers visiting committee music Harvard University, 1968-1969, board advisors School Public Health, 1995. Chairman People for a Smoke Free Indoors.
Advisory board Leeds Castle Foundation. Co-chair Smoke-Free American Awards, 1996. Major Medical Corps United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946.
Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member American Association Thoracic Surgery, American Cancer Society, American College Chest Physicians, American Medical Association, American Radium Society, International Congress Smoking and Health (advisory board), New York Cancer Society (secretary 1955-1958), New York County, New York State medical societies, New York Surgical Society, New York Society Thoracic Surgeons, Royal Society Medicine (affiliate), Society Cryobiology, Society Thoracic Surgeons.
Married Mary Arnold Sykes, December 26, 1952 (divorced). Children: Christopher, Anthony. Married Grace Mirabella, November 24, 1974.
