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Palmer, Eddy D.


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  • Fuller Name

    • Eddy Davis

  • Variants

    • Palmer, Eddy Davis, 1917-2010

  • Identifies LC/NAF RWO

  • Identifies RWO

    • Birth Date

        1917-11-07

    • Death Date

        2010-02-21

    • Has Affiliation

    • Has Affiliation

    • Birth Place

        Montclair (N.J.)

    • Associated Language

        English

    • Field of Activity

      (naf) Gastroenterology


    • Occupation

      Physicians

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    • Sources

      • found: Stomach disease as diagnosed by gastroscopy, 1949:title page (Eddy D. Palmer)
      • found: Manual of gastrointestinal endoscopy, 1964:title page (Eddy Davis Palmer)
      • found: Practical points in gastroenterology, 1975:title page (Eddy D. Palmer)
      • found: Cochran Funeral Home, via WWW, May 26, 2020(Dr. Eddy Davis Palmer, M.D., MACP, 92; died 02/21/10 in his residence in Long Valley, NJ (Washington Twp., Morris Co.); Dr. Eddy lived in Long Valley, NJ for many years and was born in Montclair, NJ on 11/07/17; son of Lubin and Marjorie (Maxfield) Palmer; Dr. Palmer had a private practice in Hackettstown, NJ from 1975-2000; he served in the USAMC 1941-1965 (Colonel); he was a graduate of Montclair Academy (1935), Dartmouth College (1939), Tulane University (1940) with an MS in Tropical Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School (1942), and Rochester Medical School (1943) where he received his MD; he was Chief of Gastroenterology at the following hospitals: 98th General Hospital, Munich, Germany (1948-1949); Walter Reed Army Hospital (1950-1956); 2nd General Hospital, Landstuhl, Germany (1957-1959); Brooke General Hospital, San Antonio, TX (1960-1961); VA Hospital, East Orange, NJ (1965-1972); Chief of Medicine at Brooke General Hospital (1962-1965); Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, at Morristown Memorial Hospital (1972-1975); consultant in Gastroenterology to the Surgeon General (1949-1965); Adjunct Professor in Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine (1950-1956); Professor of Medicine at Baylor University (1960-1965); Professor of Medicine and Director of Gastroenterology at the New Jersey College of Medicine (1966-1972); Clinical Professor of medicine at Rutgers Medical School; on the consultant staffs of the Presbyterian Hospital Unit of the United Hospitals of Newark, St. Barnabas Medical Center and the US Army Hospital at West Point; he was the author of 14 medical books (translated into Spanish, German, French and Japanese) and innumerable articles in Medical journals; he was the inventor of the gastroduodenal scope (Eder-Palmer Gastroscope); he played the flute for 80 years and was a flute teacher and composer)

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    • Change Notes

      • 1980-08-12: new
      • 2020-05-27: revised

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