Background
Meggs, William Joel was born on May 30, 1942 in Newberry, South Carolina. Son of Wallace National and Elizabeth (Pruitt) Meggs.
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William Joel Meggs
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Clemson U., 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Syracuse University, 1969; Doctor of Medicine, U. Miami, 1979.
Career
Resident in internal medicine, Rochester (New York) General Hospital, 1979-1982; staff fellow in allergy and clinical immunology, National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland., 1982-1985; assistant director medical education emergency department, Washington Hospital Center, 1985-1988; assistant professor allergy, immunology, East Carolina U. School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina, 1988-1991; assistant professor clinical toxicology department emergency medicine, East Carolina U. School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina, 1991-1995; associate professor clinical toxicology, East Carolina U. School Medicine, Greenville, since 1995; chairman, director emergency department, Lenoir Memorial Hospital, Kinston, North Carolina, 1990-1991. Member Emergency Superior vena cava syndrome Committee, Lenoir Memorial Hospital, Kinston, North Carolina, 1988-1992. Mem workshop on immune testing, Agency for Toxic Substances and Diseases Registry, 1992, workshop on equity in environmental health, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1992, workshop on multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome, National Research Council, 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Volunteer physician Indigent Clinic East Carolina U., Pitt County Med.Soc., since 1988, Pitt County Shelter, since 1989. Advanced cardiac life support instructor, East Carolina U. School of Medicine, since 1988, advanced trauma life support instructor, since 1991. Member Pitt County Traffic Injury Prevention Program, since 1989.
Board directors Rachael Carson Council, since 1988. Advisory board Pamplico Tar River Foundation, since 1990. Fellow American College Emergency Physicians.
Member American Medical Association, American Academy Allergy and Immuniology, The Clinical Immunology Society, American Academy Clinical Toxicology, Pitt County Medical Society, North Carolina State Medical Society, Society for Academy Emergency Medicine, North Carolina Thoracic Society (physicians' section).
Connections
Married Susan Nancy Spring, June11, 1966. Children: Jason Nathaniel, Benjamin Maffey, Thomas Clute.
