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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 24 > Former St. Charles chief surgeon pursued diverse passions

Former St. Charles chief surgeon pursued diverse passions

Dr. Thomas W. Adams • Dec. 8, 1923 — March 6, 2009

By Scott Hammers / The Bulletin
April 24, 2009

Dr. Thomas W. Adams, who helped develop the first intensive care unit at what’s now St. Charles Bend and served as the hospital’s chief of surgery in the 1970s, died March 6 in Bend at the age of 85.

Born Dec. 8, 1923, in Des Moines, Iowa, Adams grew up in Illinois and....

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