Robert A. Chase

Robert A. Chase
Born
Robert Arthur Chase

(1923-01-06)January 6, 1923
Keene, New Hampshire, U.S.
DiedSeptember 9, 2024(2024-09-09) (aged 101)
California
EducationBachelor of Science, University of New Hampshire, 1945
M.D. from Yale University, 1947
Occupation(s)Surgeon

Surgery residency, Yale University, (1947-1953)
Plastic and reconstructive surgery fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, (1957-1958)
Assistant Professor and Associate Professor, Yale University, (1959-1962; 1962)
Professor and Chairman of Surgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine; first Emile Holman Professor of Surgery (1963-1974)
Acting Chairman of the Department of Anatomy at Stanford University, 1973.
President and Director of the National Board of Medical Examiners in Philadelphia, 1974-1977.

Chief of the Division of Human Anatomy, Stanford University, until 1992.
SpouseAnn Parker Chase (married 1946; died 2013)
Children3
AwardsFrancis Gilman Blake Award at Yale University
8 Teaching awards at Stanford University

Robert Arthur Chase (January 6, 1923 – September 9, 2024) was an American surgeon, researcher, and medical educator. He specialized in limb reconstruction and contributed to the development of hand surgery. In 1985, he founded the Division of Hand Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine.

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