William Goodson, Jr., M.D. Memorial Lecture
About the Event
William Goodson, Jr., M.D., practiced medicine in the Kansas City area for more than 45 years. Specializing in internal medicine, Dr. Goodson was associated with Trinity Lutheran Hospital for much of his career. His family, patients, colleagues and friends established the William H. Goodson, Jr., M.D., Annual Lectureship to honor him and his many contributions to the field of medicine in the community. The lectureship provides current and future practitioners scholarly perspectives and information related to internal medicine. Dr. Goodson died in 1985, and the first lecturer was in 1987.
He practiced as a consultant in the Arthritis Clinic at the Kansas City General Hospital (later to become Truman Medical Center and then University Health Truman Medical Center) until 1961 and was a member of the Arthritis and Rheumatism section at the University of Kansas for 25 years. He was a docent at the UMKC School of Medicine from 1980-1982.