Oklahoma Healthcare
Hear and learn from the oral histories of Oklahoma's most influential doctors, nurses, and other leaders that shaped the state's healthcare success.
Learn From These Influential Oklahomans
Dr. C. T. Thompson
SurgeonDr. C. Thomas Thompson came to Tulsa in 1955 and became a highly respected general surgeon and administrator at St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Brookhaven, Mississippi and received his …
Dr. Jerry Gustafson
SurgeonDr. Gerald “Jerry” Gustafson graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in medicine. He completed a rotating internship and general surgery residency at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, …
Dr. John Coates
NeurosurgeonJohn Albert Coates was born December 31, 1925 in Geary, Oklahoma, a small town 30 miles west of El Reno. He was the only son of Arthur Albert Coates and …
Dr. Robert G. Perryman
SurgeonRobert G. Perryman traces his family genealogy to the beginning of Tulsa. He is a direct descendant of Benjamin Perryman who came to Indian Territory from Alabama in 1828. Arthur …
Sister Therese Gottschalk
St. John Health SystemSister Mary Therese Gottschalk was born in 1931, in a tiny village in Bavaria, Germany, the second of 14 children. Sister Therese entered the Order of the Sisters of the …
William Warren, Jr.
Petroleum to Health CareIn 1916, William K. Warren, Sr. arrived in Oklahoma on the recommendation of a friend in a Nashville, Tennessee hospital. Who knew then a seed had been planted for what …
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