Kirchner, Walter

Walter C. G. Kirchner (b. 1875) received his A. B. (1897) from Washington University and M.D. (1901) from Washington University Medical School . He served on the faculty of the Washington University Medical School as assistant and instructor in bacteriology (1903-1905) and as assistant in surgery (1915-1917) and assistant in clinical surgery (1918-1924) . He was also assistant bacteriologist at the City Health department of St. Louis (1899-1901). He had a long association with City Hospital serving as interne (1901-1903), assistant superintendent (1903-1907), superintendent and surgeon in charge (1907-1910), and visiting surgeon (1915-1926). He was a physician and surgeon in private practice in St. Louis (1902, 1911-1956), receiving his American Board of Surgery in 1912, and thereafter surgeon in various other hospitals (St. Louis City Hospital, St. Johns, St. Louis Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital). Dr. Kirchner's research interests ranged from fossil plants to case reports and studies on a wide range of surgery. --General catalogue of Washington University, 1917, p. 26; American Medical Association Directory, 1918, 1940, 1950-1956; Polk's Directory, 1902-1913; Washington University School of Medicine catalogues, 1903-1905, 1915-1925)