Rash, Otway Watkins, 1876-1966.

Physician, Hospital administrator.

Born in Henderson, Kentucky, Rash attended Louisville Medical College from 1894 to 1896. In 1897, he graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York. Following a stint of private practice in partnership with Dr. Robert L. Bone in Madisonville, Kentucky, Dr. Rash joined the Army as a surgeon and served in the Philippines (1899-1900). He then returned to Kentucky and opened a general practice of medicine and surgery in Owensboro where he spent the remainder of his career.

Dr. Rash served as Chief of Staff at Owensboro-Daviess County Hospital for eleven years. He also occupied the position of Chief of Staff of Our Lady of Mercy Hospital in Owensboro (1949-1952). Recognized as one of the first doctors in Kentucky to use radium as a treatment for disease, he was also cited by the Kentucky Medical Association in 1964 as the doctor who had been in practice longer than any other in Kentucky.

From the description of Otway Watkins Rash papers, 1896-1965 1900-1965. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 15176352