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Thomas L. Chiffelle oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: HHC 115

Scope and Contents

This interview with Dr. Thomas L. Chiffelle (1918-2008) focuses on his nearly forty years' association with Albuquerque's Lovelace Clinic. In addition to his own personal and professional background, Dr. Chiffelle comments on Albuquerque medicine and the place of the Lovelace Clinic within it. Among the subjects discussed are the doctors William Randolph Lovelace I, William Randolph Lovelace II, and the other major figures of the Lovelace institution; the friction between the Clinic and the "downtown doctors"; the internal operations of the Clinic; medical laboratories within the group practice setting; and many more.

Dates

  • 1985 March 23

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Dr. Thomas L. Chiffelle (1918-2008) was a doctor at the Lovelace Clinic for nearly forty years. Chiffelle was born in Lewiston, Maine and studied medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. From 1945-1947, he was stationed at Bruns General Hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico as a member of the U.S. Army Medical Corps. In 1949, Chiffelle became board-certified in pathology. He joined the Lovelace Clinic in Albuquerque in 1951.

Extent

1 Folder

Language of Materials

English

Title
Guide to the Thomas L. Chiffelle oral history collection
Status
Completed
Author
Abbie Weiser
Date
2024 February 9
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Repository

Contact:
MSC 09 5100
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque New Mexico 87131 United States
505-272-2311