|
Forrest Cary Eggleston (Born September 28, 1920) is an American surgeon who trained over 100 residents at Christian Medical College Ludhiana in India. ==Biography== Eggleston is an alumnus of Princeton University, and passed his MD in 1945 from Cornell University Medical College. He then trained first in general surgery and then in cardio-thoracic surgery. He worked in different hospitals in New York till December 1953 and then moved to India. In India he joined Christian Medical College, Ludhiana as the head of surgery department. Ludhiana was a small town in those days. He developed the department of general surgery and cardio-thoracic surgery and trained more than 100 surgeons. Many of those are still serving in various rural hospitals in India and abroad. Dr Eggleston introduced the American residency system of training young surgeons in India Eggleston received the Woodrow Wilson award from Princeton University in 2000 〔()〕 His work and experiences are summarised in his book ''Christian Medical College, Ludhiana: A 33 Year Experience 1953-1986 : a Personal Perspective'' 〔(WorldCat item record )〕 Eggleston was the founder president of the Northern Chapter of Association os surgeons of India.〔()〕 Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India, has dedicated a library to his name:〔()〕 He was the director of Christian Medical College and Hospital from 1982 to 1986. He retired after holding this highest office in the medical college and went back home to USA. http://cmcludhiana.in/cmc_2014/directors-office/ 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Forrest C. Eggleston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|