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George Hamrick, MD.
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| Article Type: | Obituary |
| Subject: | Ophthalmologists (Biography) |
| Pub Date: | 07/01/2012 |
| Publication: | Name: West Virginia Medical Journal Publisher: West Virginia State Medical Association Audience: Academic Format: Magazine/Journal Subject: Health Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2012 West Virginia State Medical Association ISSN: 0043-3284 |
| Issue: | Date: July-August, 2012 Source Volume: 108 Source Issue: 4 |
| Topic: | Event Code: 540 Executive changes & profiles |
| Organization: | Organization: American College of Surgeons |
| Persons: | Biographee: Hamrick, George |
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| Accession Number: | 310150695 |
| Full Text: |
Retired Charleston ophthalmologist Dr. George Vincent Hamrick died
at home on May 24 following a long illness. He was 88. Born in Newburg
on April 23, 1924, George grew up in Frostburg, Md., the only child of
the late Dr. Martin Elliott Hamrick and Hazel Weaver Hamrick. He was a graduate of the University of Maryland and University of Maryland School of Medicine, and attended graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania. He served his internship at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, his general residency at Sewickley Hospital in Sewickley, Pa., and his ophthalmology residency at Episcopal Eye, Ear, & Throat Hospital in Washington, D.C. He was a general practitioner in Ambridge, Pa., in the early 1950s; he relocated to Charleston in March 1958, where he practiced ophthalmology until his retirement in December 1988. He was a member of the American College of Surgeons; WV Academy of Ophthalmology (past president); American Academy of Ophthalmology; WV State Medical Association; Kanawha Medical Society (past president); and the American Medical Association. He was also a member of the Charleston Lions Club and First Presbyterian Church. A lifelong fan of Dixieland jazz, he was a founding member and past president of the Charleston Dixieland Jazz Club. |
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