...........Biography:
Peter G Danis Sr, MD was one of St. Louis' best known pediatricians and a Saint Louis University Medicals School faculty member. Dr Peter G Danis was founder of Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital of St Louis; and in 1947 became chairman of Pediatrics until 1956. He was also the hospital's first medical director and chief of staff. Later in his career, Danis was lauded for pioneering work in childhood lead poisoning. In 1979, the hospital's 200 seat auditiorium was named in his honor. He was granted the titles of Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics by the dean of Saint Louis University's School of Medicine.
He was born in Ottawa, Canada, where his father had interests in real estate and hotels. His father died when he was four and his mother when he was seven. He then lived with a beloved grandmother who died while he was in high school. Danis then moved to Spokane, Washington to live with an aunt. As a high school student he worked summers as a lumberjack and looked forward to attending medical school. He came to St Louis and received his medical degree in 1931. As his aunt and uncle died during his last two years of medical school, he decided to remain in St Louis and undertake a surgical residency; but as fate would have it, his services were needed in the 50-bed pediatric division at St Mary's Hospital in Richmond Heights, where he became the de facto resident in charge of pediatric surgery, as the kids liked him enough to allow them to be injected. As a result, a fellowship was offered to Danis; with his destiny being set thereafter.
Before the war[WWII], he undertook the mission of increasing the area's access to care and education in the emerging field of pediatrics. Danis was aware that St Louis' Archbishop John Ritter was considering a trubute to Cardinal John Joseph Glennon, who led the Archdiocese from 1903 to1946. Danis approached Ritter with a proposal to build a memorial hospital that would make medical and surgical care available to greater numbers of young people and enhance the education of Saint Louis University's medical students and residents. The Hospital's opening fulfulled the dream of Dr Danis...that might have remained a dream without the push and interest of Dr Danis.
When Danis died in 1985, at the age of 75, he had raised nine children, 40 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren....and he was the father of what had become one of the world's most significant pediatric hospitals. (bio by RCS)
Peter G Danis Sr, MD was one of St. Louis' best known pediatricians and a Saint Louis University Medicals School faculty member. Dr Peter G Danis was founder of Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital of St Louis; and in 1947 became chairman of Pediatrics until 1956. He was also the hospital's first medical director and chief of staff. Later in his career, Danis was lauded for pioneering work in childhood lead poisoning. In 1979, the hospital's 200 seat auditiorium was named in his honor. He was granted the titles of Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics by the dean of Saint Louis University's School of Medicine.
He was born in Ottawa, Canada, where his father had interests in real estate and hotels. His father died when he was four and his mother when he was seven. He then lived with a beloved grandmother who died while he was in high school. Danis then moved to Spokane, Washington to live with an aunt. As a high school student he worked summers as a lumberjack and looked forward to attending medical school. He came to St Louis and received his medical degree in 1931. As his aunt and uncle died during his last two years of medical school, he decided to remain in St Louis and undertake a surgical residency; but as fate would have it, his services were needed in the 50-bed pediatric division at St Mary's Hospital in Richmond Heights, where he became the de facto resident in charge of pediatric surgery, as the kids liked him enough to allow them to be injected. As a result, a fellowship was offered to Danis; with his destiny being set thereafter.
Before the war[WWII], he undertook the mission of increasing the area's access to care and education in the emerging field of pediatrics. Danis was aware that St Louis' Archbishop John Ritter was considering a trubute to Cardinal John Joseph Glennon, who led the Archdiocese from 1903 to1946. Danis approached Ritter with a proposal to build a memorial hospital that would make medical and surgical care available to greater numbers of young people and enhance the education of Saint Louis University's medical students and residents. The Hospital's opening fulfulled the dream of Dr Danis...that might have remained a dream without the push and interest of Dr Danis.
When Danis died in 1985, at the age of 75, he had raised nine children, 40 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren....and he was the father of what had become one of the world's most significant pediatric hospitals. (bio by RCS)
...........Biography:
Peter G Danis Sr, MD was one of St. Louis' best known pediatricians and a Saint Louis University Medicals School faculty member. Dr Peter G Danis was founder of Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital of St Louis; and in 1947 became chairman of Pediatrics until 1956. He was also the hospital's first medical director and chief of staff. Later in his career, Danis was lauded for pioneering work in childhood lead poisoning. In 1979, the hospital's 200 seat auditiorium was named in his honor. He was granted the titles of Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics by the dean of Saint Louis University's School of Medicine.
He was born in Ottawa, Canada, where his father had interests in real estate and hotels. His father died when he was four and his mother when he was seven. He then lived with a beloved grandmother who died while he was in high school. Danis then moved to Spokane, Washington to live with an aunt. As a high school student he worked summers as a lumberjack and looked forward to attending medical school. He came to St Louis and received his medical degree in 1931. As his aunt and uncle died during his last two years of medical school, he decided to remain in St Louis and undertake a surgical residency; but as fate would have it, his services were needed in the 50-bed pediatric division at St Mary's Hospital in Richmond Heights, where he became the de facto resident in charge of pediatric surgery, as the kids liked him enough to allow them to be injected. As a result, a fellowship was offered to Danis; with his destiny being set thereafter.
Before the war[WWII], he undertook the mission of increasing the area's access to care and education in the emerging field of pediatrics. Danis was aware that St Louis' Archbishop John Ritter was considering a trubute to Cardinal John Joseph Glennon, who led the Archdiocese from 1903 to1946. Danis approached Ritter with a proposal to build a memorial hospital that would make medical and surgical care available to greater numbers of young people and enhance the education of Saint Louis University's medical students and residents. The Hospital's opening fulfulled the dream of Dr Danis...that might have remained a dream without the push and interest of Dr Danis.
When Danis died in 1985, at the age of 75, he had raised nine children, 40 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren....and he was the father of what had become one of the world's most significant pediatric hospitals. (bio by RCS)
Peter G Danis Sr, MD was one of St. Louis' best known pediatricians and a Saint Louis University Medicals School faculty member. Dr Peter G Danis was founder of Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital of St Louis; and in 1947 became chairman of Pediatrics until 1956. He was also the hospital's first medical director and chief of staff. Later in his career, Danis was lauded for pioneering work in childhood lead poisoning. In 1979, the hospital's 200 seat auditiorium was named in his honor. He was granted the titles of Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics by the dean of Saint Louis University's School of Medicine.
He was born in Ottawa, Canada, where his father had interests in real estate and hotels. His father died when he was four and his mother when he was seven. He then lived with a beloved grandmother who died while he was in high school. Danis then moved to Spokane, Washington to live with an aunt. As a high school student he worked summers as a lumberjack and looked forward to attending medical school. He came to St Louis and received his medical degree in 1931. As his aunt and uncle died during his last two years of medical school, he decided to remain in St Louis and undertake a surgical residency; but as fate would have it, his services were needed in the 50-bed pediatric division at St Mary's Hospital in Richmond Heights, where he became the de facto resident in charge of pediatric surgery, as the kids liked him enough to allow them to be injected. As a result, a fellowship was offered to Danis; with his destiny being set thereafter.
Before the war[WWII], he undertook the mission of increasing the area's access to care and education in the emerging field of pediatrics. Danis was aware that St Louis' Archbishop John Ritter was considering a trubute to Cardinal John Joseph Glennon, who led the Archdiocese from 1903 to1946. Danis approached Ritter with a proposal to build a memorial hospital that would make medical and surgical care available to greater numbers of young people and enhance the education of Saint Louis University's medical students and residents. The Hospital's opening fulfulled the dream of Dr Danis...that might have remained a dream without the push and interest of Dr Danis.
When Danis died in 1985, at the age of 75, he had raised nine children, 40 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren....and he was the father of what had become one of the world's most significant pediatric hospitals. (bio by RCS)
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