American surgeon, Surgeon General of the United States Navy
William Clarence Braisted (9 October 1864 – 17 January 1941) was an American surgeon. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, died at home in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1883 and with Doctor of Medicine degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1886. He was the Surgeon General of the United States Navy from 1914 to 1920 and the president of the American Medical Association from 1920 to 1921.[1][2]
Presidents of the American Medical Association
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1925–1950 |
- William D. Haggard (1925–1926)
- Wendell C. Phillips (1926–1927)
- Jabez N. Jackson (1927–1928)
- William W. Thayer (1928–1929)
- Malcolm L. Harris (1929–1930)
- William Gerry Morgan (1930–1931)
- E. Starr Judd (1931–1932)
- Edward H. Cary (1932–1933)
- Dean D. Lewis (1933–1934)
- Walter L. Bierring (1934–1935)
- James S. McLester (1935–1936)
- James Tate Mason (1936)
- Charles G. Heyd (1936–1937)
- J. H. J. Upham (1937–1938)
- Irvin Abell (1938–1939)
- Rock Sleyster (1939–1940)
- Nathan B. Van Etten (1940–1941)
- Frank Lahey (1941–1942)
- Fred W. Rankin (1942–1943)
- James E. Paullin (1943–1944)
- Herman L. Kretschmer (1944–1945)
- Roger I. Lee (1945–1946)
- H. H. Shoulders (1946–1947)
- Edward L. Bortz (1947–1948)
- Roscoe L. Sensenich (1948–1949)
- Ernest E. Irons (1949–1950)
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1950–1975 |
- Elmer L. Henderson (1950–1951)
- John W. Cline (1951–1952)
- Louis H. Bauer (1952–1953)
- Edward J. McCormick (1953–1954)
- Walter B. Martin (1954–1955)
- Elmer Hess (1955–1956)
- Dwight H. Murray (1956–1957)
- David B. Allman (1957–1958)
- Gunnar Gundersen (1958–1959)
- Louis M. Orr (1959–1960)
- E. Vincent Askey (1960–1961)
- Leonard W. Larson (1961–1962)
- George M. Fister (1962–1963)
- Edward R. Annis (1963–1964)
- Norman A. Welch (1964)
- Donovan F. Ward (vice president) (1964–1965)
- James Z. Appel (1965–1966)
- Charles L. Hudson (1966–1967)
- Milford O. Rouse (1967–1968)
- Dwight Locke Wilbur (1968–1969)
- Gerald D. Dorman (1969–1970)
- W. C. Bornemeier (1970–1971)
- Wesley W. Hall (1971–1972)
- C. A. Hoffman (1972–1972)
- Russell B. Roth (1973–1974)
- Malcolm C. Todd (1974–1975)
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1975–2000 |
- Max H. Parrott (1975–1976)
- Richard E. Palmer (1976–1977)
- John H. Budd (1977–1978)
- Thomas E. Nesbitt (1978–1979)
- Hoyt D. Gardner (1979–1980)
- Robert B. Hunter (1980–1981)
- Daniel T. Cloud, 1981–1982)
- William Y. Rial (1982–1983)
- Frank J. Jirka Jr. (1983–1984)
- Joseph F. Boyle (1984–1985)
- Harrison L. Rogers Jr. (1985–1986)
- John J. Coury Jr. (1986–1987)
- William S. Hotchkiss (1987–1988)
- James E. Davis (1988–1989)
- Alan R. Nelson (1989–1990)
- C. John Tupper (1990–1991)
- John J. Ring (1991–1992)
- John L. Clowe (1992–1993)
- Joseph T. Painter (1993–1994)
- Robert E. McAfee (1994–1995)
- Lonnie R. Bristow (1995–1996)
- Daniel H. Johnson Jr. (1996–1997)
- Percy Wootton (1997–1998)
- Nancy Dickey (1998–1999)
- Thomas Reardon (1999–2000)
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2000– |
- Randolph D. Smoak Jr. (2000–2001)
- Richard F. Corlin (2001–2002)
- Yank D. Coble Jr. (2002–2003)
- Donald J. Palmisano (2003–2004)
- John C. Nelson (2004–2005)
- J. Edward Hill (2005–2006)
- William G. Plested III (2006–2007)
- Ronald M. Davis (2007–2008)
- Nancy H. Nielsen (2008–2009)
- J. James Rohack (2009–2010)
- Cecil B. Wilson (2010–2011)
- Peter W. Carmel (2011–2012)
- Jeremy A. Lazarus (2012–2013)
- Ardis Dee Hoven (2013–2014)
- Robert M. Wah (2014–2015)
- Steven J. Stack (2015–2016)
- Andrew W. Gurman (2016–2017)
- David O. Barbe (2017–2018)
- Barbara L. McAneny (2018–2019)
- Patrice Harris (2019–2020)
- Susan R. Bailey (2020–2021)
- Gerald E. Harmon (2021–2022)
- Jack Resneck Jr. (2022–2023)
- Jesse Ehrenfeld (2023–)
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