Leading Medicine Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2012

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His passion for the field of anesthesiology always burned brightly, leading him to serve

A lasting

as president of The Methodist Hospital medical staff in the

LEGACY mid-1970s.

By Donna Hurst

Department of Anesthesiology benefits from Chalmers charitable trust

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The Methodist Hospital circa 1951

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Dr. Presley H. Chalmers


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