From September 29, 1924 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: “Secy was instructed to communicate with Dr. Frank W. Lynch of San Francisco Cal in answer to letter from Maternal Welfare in regard to furnishing speaker for invited program.”
President of the American Gynecological Society ~1935 (see AJOG 28(5) Nov. 1934 p629ff).
J Am Med Assoc, Mar 1945; 127: 872: Frank Worthington Lynch - San Francisco ; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, 1899 ; assistant instructor and associate in obstetrics at his alma mater from 1900 to 1904; in 1905 joined Rush Medical College, Chicago, as an instructor in obstetrics, serving as assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology from 1909 to 1915 ; for many years on the staffs of the Presbyterian and St. Joseph's hospitals in Chicago ; professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California Medical School from 1915 to 1942, when he became professor of obstetrics and gynecology emeritus ; on the staff of the University Hospital, where in 1941 friends and students presented his portrait to commemorate his twenty-five years as professor in the medical school ; chairman of the Section on Obstetrics, Gynecology and Abdominal Surgery of the American Medical Association, 1923-1924; in 1922 chairman of the section on obstetrics and gynecology, California Medical Association; member of the advisory board of the Committee on Prenatal and Maternity Care, White House Conference ; honor guest of the Pan Pacific Surgical Congress in 1936; fellow, member of the board of governors and in 1937-1938 vice president of the American College of Surgeons ; served as first vice president in 1927 and president in 1933 of the American Gynecological Society; past president of the San Francisco Obstetrical and Gynecological Society and the Pacific Coast Obstetrical and Gynecological Society ; member of the San Francisco Pathological Society and the Pacific Coast Surgical Society ; member of the obstetric advisory committee of the Children's Bureau, U. S. Department of Labor ; member of the advisory board of the National Committee on Maternal Health ; honorary member of the Seattle Surgical Society, Los Angeles Obstetrical Society and the Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ; member of the executive committee of gynecology and obstetrics of the Pan American Medical Association; served as editor, vice president and president of the Chicago Gynecological Society from 1908 to 1914; specialist certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inc. ; on the editorial board of Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Western Journal of Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology; co-author of "Pelvic Neoplasms" ; contributed chapters to American Practice of Surgery, 1911, Oxford Surgery, 1921, Nelson's Loose Leaf Surgery, 1928, Davis's Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1933, and Curtis's Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1933 ; died January 12, aged 73, of coronary thrombosis.
President of the American Gynecological Society ~1935 (see AJOG 28(5) Nov. 1934 p629ff).
J Am Med Assoc, Mar 1945; 127: 872: Frank Worthington Lynch - San Francisco ; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, 1899 ; assistant instructor and associate in obstetrics at his alma mater from 1900 to 1904; in 1905 joined Rush Medical College, Chicago, as an instructor in obstetrics, serving as assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology from 1909 to 1915 ; for many years on the staffs of the Presbyterian and St. Joseph's hospitals in Chicago ; professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California Medical School from 1915 to 1942, when he became professor of obstetrics and gynecology emeritus ; on the staff of the University Hospital, where in 1941 friends and students presented his portrait to commemorate his twenty-five years as professor in the medical school ; chairman of the Section on Obstetrics, Gynecology and Abdominal Surgery of the American Medical Association, 1923-1924; in 1922 chairman of the section on obstetrics and gynecology, California Medical Association; member of the advisory board of the Committee on Prenatal and Maternity Care, White House Conference ; honor guest of the Pan Pacific Surgical Congress in 1936; fellow, member of the board of governors and in 1937-1938 vice president of the American College of Surgeons ; served as first vice president in 1927 and president in 1933 of the American Gynecological Society; past president of the San Francisco Obstetrical and Gynecological Society and the Pacific Coast Obstetrical and Gynecological Society ; member of the San Francisco Pathological Society and the Pacific Coast Surgical Society ; member of the obstetric advisory committee of the Children's Bureau, U. S. Department of Labor ; member of the advisory board of the National Committee on Maternal Health ; honorary member of the Seattle Surgical Society, Los Angeles Obstetrical Society and the Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ; member of the executive committee of gynecology and obstetrics of the Pan American Medical Association; served as editor, vice president and president of the Chicago Gynecological Society from 1908 to 1914; specialist certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inc. ; on the editorial board of Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Western Journal of Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology; co-author of "Pelvic Neoplasms" ; contributed chapters to American Practice of Surgery, 1911, Oxford Surgery, 1921, Nelson's Loose Leaf Surgery, 1928, Davis's Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1933, and Curtis's Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1933 ; died January 12, aged 73, of coronary thrombosis.
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AMH-PN2228
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pn0624
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Chicago IL
San Francisco CA