University of Alabama at Birmingham
Fund Purpose: To fund resident and staff research and education in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
J. Garber Galbraith, MD (1914-1996), was born in Anniston, Alabama on May 28, 1914. He attended the University of Notre Dame, received a B.S. degree from St. Louis University in 1936, and his M.D. degree in 1938. He did his internship and one year’s residency in general surgery at the Lloyd Noland Hospital in Fairfield, Alabama. From 1940-1943, he was a resident in neurological surgery at the Neurological Institute of New York.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Galbraith was on active duty with the U.S. Naval Reserve Medical Corps (1943-46) with action in the Pacific Theater on the hospital ship, U.S.S. Tranquility.
He practiced Neurosurgery in Birmingham from 1946 to 1984, being affiliated with the University of Alabama School of Medicine as a voluntary faculty member and later as full-time director of the Division of Neurosurgery. He served as Emeritus Professor of Surgery and was active with teaching Gross and Neuroanatomy for medical students and conferences for neurosurgical residents. He was voted best basic science teacher and best clinical teacher by the medical students.
Dr. Galbraith was past president of the following medical organizations: Jefferson County Medical Society (1960), Medical Association of the State of Alabama (1974), Southern Medical Association (1965), Southern Neurosurgical Society (1956), American Academy of Neurological Surgery (1968), Society of Neurological Surgeons (1974) and American Board of Neurological Surgery (Chairman 1972-74), and was a member of the AANS.
He was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha and Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Societies and the Alabama Academy of Honor. He was the recipient of three honorary degrees.
He married the former Marguerite Stabler, and they had four daughters, Ann, Jane, Kay and Laura, and six grandchildren.
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