Personal Names in Arizona Medical History

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O'Brien, Michael

See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 361.

O'Connor, Andrew Francis

"F. A." is incorrect
Acting superintendent of Arizona State Hospital ca. 1938 after Benjamin Morris Berger (q.v.) resigned.
Arizona Medical Board record: Andrew F. O'Connor MD; address: 2420 San Pablo, San Pablo CA; license number: 1552; licensed date: 07/06/1938; medical school: LOYOLA UNIV OF CHICAGO STRITCH SCH OF MED, Maywood, Illinois; graduation date: 02/11/1923
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].

O'Connor, C. A.

See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 361.

Oatway, William Hanlon, Jr.

Mentioned in the 2/9/1943 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. Arizona Medical Board record: William H. Oatway MD; license date: 1/6/1943; medical school: UNIV OF PA SCH OF MED, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; graduation date: 06/20/1928; address: Lavina Sanitarium - Lavina Sta, Altadena CA.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].

Ochsner, Albert J., II

Arizona Medical Board record: Albert J. Ochsner MD; license date: 7/15/1961; medical school: VA COMMONWEALTH UNIV, SCH OF MED, Richmond, Virginia; graduation date: 06/04/1940; address: 630 E 26th Pl, Yuma.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673]: vol. 12, page 247: Dir, Yuma Co Hlth Dept ca. 1975/76.

Ochsner, Edward William Alton

May 4, 1896-September 6, 1981. Often called “Alton Ochsner.”

Mentioned in the 5/12/1942 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954; spelled as “Occhsner”: “Dr. Presson announced that there would be a special meeting of the Society at the Santa Rita Hotel on May 13th to hear Dr. Occhsner on ‘Intravenous Clotting’.” Alton Ochsner organized one of the America's premier surgical teaching programs at New Orleans' Charity Hospital. Opened the Ochsner Clinic on January 2, 1942. For more, see

Odermatt, Francis A.

Born June 17, 1848 in Canton Unterwalden, Switzerland. Early Arizona dentist; arrived in Tucson about 1894. (See Cosulich, Bernice. Arizona Dentistry at the Turn of the Century. Arizona Dental Journal. 1967 Apr 15;13(4):20-3.)

See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].

Odom, Thomas J.

Practiced in 1946-1992 (and perhaps longer).
Johnson, Scott. Something more: osteopathic medicine in southern Arizona. Tucson, Ariz. : Osteopathic Press, 1992, pages 28, 33, 36, 43-44, 107.

Ogle, Dan Clark

1901-4/30/1990. Mentioned in the 1951-03-09-01 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: “The letter from Brigadier General Ogle in reply to letters from the Society concerning medical care program for dependents of military personnel was read by the President.” [Identification uncertain.]

Ohl, Howard Jay

Mentioned in the 10/12/1937 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. Arizona Medical Board record: Howard J. Ohl MD; license date: 1/8/1936; medical school: UNIV OF CINCINNATI COLL OF MED, Cincinnati, Ohio; graduation date: 06/07/1935; address: 25 W. McDowell Rd, Phoenix.

J Am Med Assoc, Jul 1945; 128: 823: Howard J. Ohl, Lordsburg, N. M., to Miss Mary C. Shores of Union Star, Mo., April 3.