Background
Fair, William Robert was born on March 29, 1935 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States.
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William Robert Fair
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Bachelor of Science, Philadelphia College Pharmacy and Science, 1956; Doctor of Medicine Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1960.
Career
Intern, Womack Army Hospital, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1960-1961;
resident in general surgery, Martin Army Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1963-1964;
resident in urology, Stanford University Medical Center, 1964-1968;
assistant professor surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, 1968-1972;
associate professor surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, 1972-1974;
professor surgery, chairman division urology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, 1975-1984;
acting head department surgery, Washington University Medical School, 1978-1981;
chief urologic surgery service, vice chairman academic affairs department surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, 1984-1997;
Florence and Theodore Baumritter/Enid Ancell chair urologic oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, since 1992;
professor surgery, Cornell Univercity, since 1984;
attending surgeon, Memorial Hospital. Member county on renal and urologic disease Memorial Sloan-Kettering CancerCtr. Member program molecular pharmacology and therapeutics Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research.
Member review committee Cornell Univercity Medical College. Visiting fellow Chester Beatty Cancer Research Institute, London, 1974-1975. Member surgery, anesthesiology and trauma study section National Institutes of Health, 1979-1983.
Achievements
Membership
Served as officer Medical Corps United States Army Reserve, 1960-1964. Fellow American College of Surgeons (Missouri district 1 commission on applicants 1979-1984, commission on surgical education in medical schools 1984-1988). Member American Medical Association, National Kidney Foundation (science advisory bd.1975-1982, president urology county 1977-1980), American Urological Association (New York section, member consultant program commission on cancer of genitourinary system and molecular biology 1990-1991, first place award Joseph F. McCarthy Essay Competition 1971, 74, Hugh Hampton Young award 1980), American College Nutrition (ch-chair county on renal and urologic disease 1980-1983), American Association Clinical Urologists, Society University Surgeons, American Society Clinical Oncology, Societe International d'Urologie, American Association Genitourinary Surgeons, American Association Cancer Research, Clinical Society Genitourinary Surgeons, Urologic Investigators Forum, Society Urologic Oncology (president 1990-1991), Society University Urologists, Society Urologic Oncology (president 1990-1991), Royal Society Medicine, New York Academy of Medicine, New York Academy Sciences, New York State Society Surgeons, New York State Urological Society, American Surgical Association, Pan Pacific Surgical Association, Urological Investigators Forum, Urological Research Society, We.
Urological Forum.
Connections
M. Mary Ann Collins, September 9, 1961. 1 child, William Robert Junior.
