Collection: Charles F. Fishback oral history collection

Scope and Contents

This interview with Dr. Charles F. Fishback (1907-1990) of Albuquerque, N.M., focuses on his 30 years' practice of pediatrics in that city. A Mayo-trained pediatrician, Dr. Fishback came to the Lovelace Clinic in 1941 and retired in 1972. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Fishback's personal and professional backgrounds; his summary and evaluation of the Albuquerque medical community of the 1940s and 1950s, especially its pediatricians; the main personalities and operation of the Lovelace Clinic in those years; relationships between the Clinic and the other physicians of the town; and others.

Dates

1985 June 6

Biographical / Historical

Dr. Charles F. Fishback (1907-1990) was a pediatrician in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Born in Indiana, Fishback received his MD from Northwestern University Medical School in 1932. A Mayo-trained pediatrician, Dr. Fishback came to the Lovelace Clinic in 1941 and retired in 1972. He served in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps from 1942 to 1946.