Background
Pfaff, William Wallace was born on August 14, 1930 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Norman Joseph and Eleanor Blakesley (Wells) Pfaff.
Pfaff, William Wallace was born on August 14, 1930 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Norman Joseph and Eleanor Blakesley (Wells) Pfaff.
AB, Harvard University, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, State University of New York, 1956.
Intern, University of Chicago, 1956-1958; senior assistant surgeon, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1958-1960; resident, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, 1960-1965; assistant professor, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1965-1968; associate professor, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1968-1971; professor surgery, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1971-1995; professor emeritus, Adjunct Professor, U. Florida, Gainesville, since 1995; director organ transplant programs, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1971-1995. Board directors United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, Virginia, president elect, 1997-1998, president, 1998-1999. President, committee chairman Southeastern Organ Procurement Foundation, Richmond, 1973-1995.
Fellow American College Surgeons. Member American Surgical Association, American Society Transplant Surgeons, Southern Surgical Association, Transplantation Society, Alachua County Medical Society (president 1977-1978).
Married Patricia Ann Clark. Children: Nancy, Karen, Margaret, Mary Catherine.