Background
McKinnon, William Mitchell Patrick was born on March 17, 1924 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of William M. and Rosina Mary McKinnon.
McKinnon, William Mitchell Patrick was born on March 17, 1924 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of William M. and Rosina Mary McKinnon.
Student, St. Michael's College, Toronto, Canada, 1942. Student, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical State University, 1943. Student, University Texas, 1947.
Bachelor of Science maxima cum laude, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas, 1948. Doctor of Medicine, Baylor University, 1952.
Intern, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada, 1953;
resident in surgery 2d surgical division, Bellevue Hospital, 1954;
assistant resident thoracic surgery, Triboro Hospital for Chest Disease, 1955;
assistant resident in surgery, Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, New York, 1955;
assistant resident in pathology, Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, New York, 1956;
associate resident, Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, New York, 1957;
assistant surgeon, Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, New York, 1959-1961;
chief resident surgery, fellow in surgical research, Maimonides Hospital of Brooklyn, 1958;
assistant attending surgeon, Flower & Fifth Avenue Hospitals, 1961-1964;
attending surgeon, Flower & Fifth Avenue Hospitals, 1965-1967;
staff surgeon, Alton Ochsner Foundation Hospital, since 1968;
staff, department surgery, Ochsner Clinic, 1968-1996;
associate director, department surgery, Ochsner Clinic, 1979-1984;
co-director, breast screening, Ochsner Clinic, 1982-1992;
director, Breast Center, Ochsner Clinic, 1992-1996. Clinical assistant in surgery State University of New York Medical Center College Medicine, 1957-1959. Assistant surgeon Kew Gardens (New York) General Hospital, 1959-1961, Jamaica Hospital, 1960-1961.
Visiting surgeon Metropolitan Hospital and Bird S. Coler Hospital, 1961-1966, Tulane division Charity Hospital, since 1968. District medical consultant New York State Education Department ofVocat. Rehabilitation, 1960-1967.
Surgical consultant Veterans Administration Hospital., Lyons, New Jersey, 1963-1967, Electronic Arts Conway Memorial Hospital, Monroe, Louisiana, 1968-1979. Assistant professor to associate professor surgery New York Medical College, 1961-1967. Clinical associate professor of surgeryTulane U., 1968-1992, clinical professor department surgery, since 1992, Tulane University Hospital & Clinic, since 1997, University Hospital, since 1997.
Chief clinical breast disease program, medical director Breast Health Center, Tulane Cancer Center, since 1997.
Board directors American Cancer Society, New Orleans, 1953, Komen Foundation, New Orleans, 1953. Captain United States Air Force, 1948-1952. Fellow American College of Surgeons.
Member American Medical Association, Society for Surgery of Alimentary Tract, Southern Medical Association, American Gastroenterol. Association, Societe Internationale de Chirugie, Collegium Internationale Chirugie Digestivae, Southern Surgical Association, New Orleans Surgical Society (president 1988), Orleans Parish Medical Society, Tulane Surgical Society, Alton Ochsner Surgical Society (president 1985).
Married Elizabeth Jean Beall, October 3, 1953. Children: William, Stuart, Mary, John, Fraser, David (deceased).