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Dr. Richard Patterson

Dr. Richard Patterson

Dr. Richard B. Patterson came to Bowman Gray School of Medicine in 1960 and developed the first program in North Carolina to treat children with leukemia and other cancers. He ran the term and preterm nurseries at North Carolina Baptist Hospital from 1963-1970. Except for one year at Chapel Hill and two in the Navy, Dr. Patterson’s 31-year career was at Bowman Gray School of Medicine. He is a 1951 graduate of Davidson College and 1955 graduate of Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Dr. Patterson retired July 1, 1991 as professor of pediatrics and chief of pediatric oncology.

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created
03/00/1979
hasFormat
Photoprint
hasVersion
DF 625
identifier
https://www.digitalforsyth.org/jpg/nbg/doc/nbg_doc_00625.jpg, https://www.digitalforsyth.org/jpg/nbg/doc/nbg_doc_00625-th.jpg, https://hdl.handle.net/10339/15538
isPartOf
Digital Forsyth NBG Doctors
isReferencedBy
nbg_doc_625
issued
1979-03
publisher
Coy C. Carpenter Library
rights
These images are protected by copyright restrictions. Please contact the owning library (Coy C. Carpenter Library) for more information.
rightsHolder
Wake Forest University
subject
Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works, Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Sources, Digital Forsyth
title
Dr. Richard Patterson
abstract
Information from Baptist Hospital Topics, vol. 35, no. 3, Summer 1991; Just Between Friends, Winter 1989
description
Dr. Richard B. Patterson came to Bowman Gray School of Medicine in 1960 and developed the first program in North Carolina to treat children with leukemia and other cancers. He ran the term and preterm nurseries at North Carolina Baptist Hospital from 1963-1970. Except for one year at Chapel Hill and two in the Navy, Dr. Patterson’s 31-year career was at Bowman Gray School of Medicine. He is a 1951 graduate of Davidson College and 1955 graduate of Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Dr. Patterson retired July 1, 1991 as professor of pediatrics and chief of pediatric oncology.
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