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American Board of Surgery
former chairman of the American Board of Surgery; and former president of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. -
Honors
Raised in Denton, Texas, he received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Texas and in 1961 earned his M.D. with honors from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School -
JFK Assassination
President John F. Kennedy was wheeled into the emergency room at Dallas’ Parkland Memorial Hospital. -
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JFK Hostpitalized
The presidents injures were fatal, I detected a heartbeat via stethoscope, and inserted an endothelial tube to assist with respiration. Kemp Clark pronounced the president dead 25 minutes after coming into the hospital at 1pm. I was only 28 years old with only one year of being a surgeon behind me. -
Conspiracy Theory?!
Jens Hansen and Gary Shaw, recently published a book, "Conspiracy of Silence" (Crenshaw, CA, Hansen, J, Shaw, G. "Conspiracy of Silence". 1992, New York, Signet). Crenshaw has claimed both in his book and in public interviews that the President's head wound was posterior on the right side. In "Conspiracy of Silence" he wrote, "I walked to the President's head to get a closer look. His entire right cerebral hemisphere appeared to be gone. It looked like a crater—an empty cavity. " -
Chief
Dr. Carrico became chief of surgery at Harborview Medical Center after coming to Seattle in 1974. -
Leadersip
Under his leadership, Harborview went from being a county teaching hospital to a Level 1 trauma center, virtually overnight," said Dr. Ron Maier, who followed Dr. Carrico as head of surgery. -
Chairman
Dr. Carrico became chairman of the University of Washington Medical School's surgery department -
Stepped Down From Chairman
stepped down in 1990 to take a similar job at his alma mater, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
