Class of 1970 Commemorative Biographical Book

J E F F R E Y L . ( J E F F ) M A R S H

Address: 4623 Pershing Place, St. Louis, MO 63108 Email: bwsurgeon@gmail.com ● Phone: H: 314-367-2735

The most rewarding aspects of my medical career have been watching babies I operated upon become independent adults; sharing my skills through resident/fellow training and international volunteerism assisting development of cleft care centers in healthcare resource-poor environments, and the colleagues met through multidisciplinary cleft/craniofacial associations domestically and internationally who have become dear friends. Retirement has been very active with tending our garden; improving on my downhill skiing; becoming certified as a yoga instructor; domestic and international travel for pleasure with Rebecca as well as continuing our medical volunteerism in Vietnam and Mexico. Yes, I still paint but not as much as I should: too busy coming and going! The most unanticipated part of having been in Baltimore in the 1960’s was returning there in 2000 with my wife to drop off our daughter at the Maryland Institute College of Art where she met her husband. We now visit Baltimore several times a year since they continue to reside in Baltimore.

Postgraduate Training/Certification: General Surgery Internship: UCLA Medical Center, 1970-71 General Surgery Residency, UCLA Medical Center, 1971-75 Plastic Surgery Specialty training: University of Virginia Medical Center, 1975-77 Craniofacial Surgery Specialty Fellowship: Glasgow & Paris, 1977 Board certification: General Surgery, 1976; Plastic Surgery, 1979 Professional and Volunteer Awards and Recognition: Distinguished Service Award of the American Cleft Palate- Craniofacial Association, 2002 The Johns Hopkins University Alumni Knowledge for the World Award, 2011

Current Employment: Retired, 2015

Spouse or Partner’s Name: Rebecca

Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren: Child: Kohli Grandchild: Ari

Narrative: The last time I knew anything for certain was May 1970. I knew three things: 1. I was going to be a plastic surgery trained hand surgeon; 2. I would never be an academician; 3. I would live near mountains and an ocean, perhaps compromising on the ocean. So much for knowing anything: 1. I spent 37 years as a pediatric plastic surgeon specializing in cleft lip/palate and other craniofacial deformities; 2. For the first 25 years I was a full-time academician and then slid into private practice; 3. Since 1978, I have lived, worked, married, raised a child and now retired in the Midwest (St. Louis).

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