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Benjamin Starnes
Benjamin Starnes (born 1966) is a vascular surgeon and medical researcher. He holds the Alexander Whitehill Clowes Endowed Chair in Vascular surgery at the University of Washington. He served as a United States Army, U.S. Army surgeon for 15 years, doing three tours of duty, including in the last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, M.A.S.H. unit. On the day of the September 11 attacks he was at the The Pentagon, Pentagon rendering medical aid to victims, and his experience was later recounted in the book ''American Phoenix: Heroes of the Pentagon on 9/11''. He is among the primary authors of the official guidelines for diagnosis and management of Aorta, aortic disease adopted by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. Early life and education Starnes was raised in Odessa, Delaware, Odessa, DE by his father Ronald, a Methodist Minister (Christianity), minister who taught philosophy and religion at Wesley College (Delaware), and his mother Martha, an el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey to its northeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state's name derives from the adjacent Delaware Bay, which in turn was named after Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman and the Colony of Virginia's first colonial-era governor. Delaware occupies the northeastern portion of the Delmarva Peninsula, and some islands and territory within the Delaware River. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, second-smallest and List of U.S. states and territories by population, sixth-least populous state, but also the List of U.S. states and territories by population density, sixth-most densely populated. Delaware's List of municipalities in Delaware, most populous city is Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
