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Bowers, Warner F., A.B., B.S., M.S., M.D., Ph. D., F.A.C.S., 1906-1994: Home

Portrait of Warner F. Bowers, A.B., B.S., M.S., M.D., Ph. D., F.A.C.S., 1906-1994

Source: Chironian, Vol. 26 No. 1, 1965

Bowers in the Archives

Chironian 25(2), 1963, p. 12
Photo of Dr. Bowers at Metropolitan Hospital, plus brief biography.
Chironian 26(1), 1965, p. 17-18
An article by Dr. Bowers titled "The Place of the Graduate School of Medical Sciences in a Medical University"

Brief Biographical Sketch

Birth: February 2, 1906, Jeffersonville, IN
Death: May 15, 1994, Huntington, NY

NYMC History:

Director, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1963 – 1966¹^, ²
Professor of Clinical Surgery, 1962 – 1966¹
Attending Surgeon, Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals; Visiting Surgeon, Metropolitan Hospital, Bird S. Coler Hospital¹

Additional Biographical Information:

Awarded Wellcome Medal, Prize, and Honorarium by Association of Military Surgeons of the U.S. for advances in military medicine, 1955²
Chief Surgical Consultant and Coordinator of Professional Consultant Activities, Office of the Surgeon General, 1948-1952²
At his retirement from the Army was Chief of the Department of Surgery, Tripler U.S. Army Hospital, Hawaii, n.d.²

Affiliations:

Founder-Member, Central Surgical Association²
Founder-Member, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract²
Life Member, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States²

SOURCES:

NYMC Annual Announcements
Chironian, (25)2, 1963

Selected Works by Warner F. Bowers

Warner F. Bowers in the Hathi Trust

Last Updated: Jan 13, 2020 3:28 PM
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