Snell, Albert Markley

Chief gastroenterology consultant at the VA. Mentioned in the 1954-01-12-06 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954.

JAMA, Apr 1960; 172: 1959-1960: Snell, Albert Markley; Palo Alto, Calif.; born in Lake Park, Minn., June 9, 1896; University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, 1918; clinical professor of medicine, University of California School of Medicine and Stanford University School of Medicine; practiced in the Mankato (Minn.) Clinic from 1920 to 1924; came to Rochester, Minn., on Feb. 1, 1924, as a first assistant in medicine in the Mayo Clinic, where he became a member of the staff on July 1, 1925, as a consultant in medicine, and head of a section of medicine in 1929, when he became instructor in medicine in the Mayo Foundation, Graduate School, University of Minnesota, subsequently becoming assistant professor, associate professor, and professor; veteran of World War I; entered active service in the medical corps of the United States Naval Reserve on Dec. 29, 1941, with the grade of commander; commended for meritorious service by the Secretary of the Navy in 1946, and released from active duty on Feb. 16, 1946, with the grade of captain; examining member, emeritus, American Board of Internal Medicine, from 1949 to 1958; for many years a member, in 1948 vice-chairman, and in 1953 chairman of the Professional Services Division, Veterans Administration, of which he was chief of a section; in 1958 chairman of the Section on Internal Medicine, American Medical Association; past-vice-president and president of the American Gastroenterological Association; past-president of the Central Society for Clinical Research; member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, Association of American Physicians, American Association for Experimental Pathology, the Central Interurban Clinical Club, Minnesota Society of Internal Medicine, Minnesota Academy of Medicine, Society of the Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society, Alpha Kappa Kappa, and the Alumni Association of the Mayo Foundation; fellow of the American College of Physicians; chief, division of medicine, Palo Alto Medical Clinic; member of the board of directors at the Palo Alto Medical Research Foundation; member of the board of chief consultants for the Veterans Administration; consultant in internal medicine and gastroenterology,
U. S. Naval Hospital in Oakland; in October, 1951, was honored by his alma mater for his "outstanding achievements"; author of three books and author or co-author of over 200 articles in internal medicine and gastroenterology; died in the Palo Alto Hospital Feb. 6, aged 63, of coronary thrombosis.
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