Curriculum Vitae
  
  
  
  Currently on staff at the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and the Rockingham Memorial Hospital as a consultant.
  
  
  
  
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Education:
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1. College 1956-1960, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, B.A., cum laude. 
2. Harvard Medical School, 1960-1964. 
3. Internship and residency, 1964-1970. 
4. Harvard Surgical Service, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. 
5. Thoracic surgical residency 1972-1973, New England Deaconess Hospital.
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Military Service:
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Major, U.S. Army, Medical Corps 1970 1972, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 
U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps 1986-1990, Colonel.
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Medical License:
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Current medical license is in Vermont #4468.
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Board Certifications:
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American Board of Surgery, 1971. 
American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 1976.
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Board Certifications:
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American Board of Surgery, 1971. 
American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 1976.
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Professional Societies:
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American College of Surgeons, 1975-Present. 
New England Vascular Society, 1977-Present. 
New England Surgical Society, 1979-Present.
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Community Service:
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Board of Trustees. Putney Grammar School. 1973-1977. 
Board of Directors, Putney School, 1983-1986. 
Board of Directors, Vermont Paramedic Training Program, 1984-1988. 
Board of Directors, Southern Vermont Health Foundation, 1990-December, 1994. 
Medical Director, Thompson House Nursing Home, 1988-Present.
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Elected Positions:
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President of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Medical Staff, 1980-1982/
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    Inventor and developer of the Bookwalter Surgical Retractor System which is sold by: Codman & Shurtleff, Randolph, Massachusetts.
  
  
  
  
    SURGICAL TRAINING
  
  
  
  
    
- Amherst College, B.A., cum laude.
 
- Harvard Medical School, 1960-1964.
 
- Internship-Fifth (Harvard) Surgical Service, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, July 1964-June 1965
 
- JAR, SAR-Fifth (Harvard)Surgical Service, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, July 1967-December 1967. William A. Meissner, M.D. - Chief
 
- Record Review of Carcinoma of the Thyroid at the Lahey Clinic (Paper and Preparator), Boston, Massachusetts, January 1968-February 1968.
 
- Resident, Fifth (Harvard) Surgical Service, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, March 1968-August 1968.
 
- Chief Resident, Pediatric Surgery, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, September 1968-October 1968.
 
- Chief Resident, Thoracic Surgery, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, November 1968-June 1969.
 
- Chief Surgical Resident, Manchester-Veterans Administration Hospital, Manchester, New Hampshire, July 1969-October 1969.
 
- Chief Resident, Fifth (Harvard) Surgical Service, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, November 1969-February 1970.
 
   
  
  ** The Surgical Residency Program on the Fifth (Harvard) Surgical Service at the Boston City Hospital finishes six men a year with one resident starting and finishing at each two month intervals so that my total general surgical residency will have been four years and eight months.