Frederick T. van Beuren, Jr.

Who was Frederick T. van Beuren, Jr.?

Frederick T. van Beuren, Jr., M.D. was a physician and surgeon, a medical school administrator and professor, a researcher, and a hospital administrator. He was graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He later became the chief of its surgery clinic and an instructor in surgery. Even later, he became its associate dean and associate clinical professor of surgery. He was a vice president of the New York Academy of Medicine. While researching gastroenterological surgery, he conducted long-term studies at Roosevelt Hospital and Presbyterian Hospital. He also was president of Morristown Memorial Hospital in New Jersey.

During World War I he was a captain of the Medical Reserve Corps. He spoke publicly supporting medical preparedness and urging physicians to join the war effort.

He was a published clinician in peer-reviewed journals, who often was invited to read the results of his clinical studies before many medical organizations and associations in the United States and Canada. He contributed to the Annals of Surgery.