1940
Is born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, to parents Walter Joseph and Pauline C. Smith.
1962
Graduates from Ursinus College with a Bachelor of Science.
1966
Earns a Doctor of Medicine from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University.
1966
Marries Coralynn Elder Smith and serves in the U.S. Air Force Medical Corps until 1967, attaining the rank of Captain.
1973
Completes a residency in general surgery at the University of Pennsylvania’s graduate hospital.
1974
Concludes his chief residency in general surgery at Geisinger Medical Center.
1976
Completes an additional residency in plastic surgery at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center at The Pennsylvania State University.
1976
Serves as a staff member at the Community General Hospital in Reading, Pennsylvania, and the St. Joseph Medical Center.
1981
Works in his eponymous private practice until 2004.
1983
Is the chief of the section of plastic surgery at the St. Joseph Medical Center until 1989.
1994
Is the chief of plastic surgery at Reading Hospital until 2000.
2008
Serves as division chief of the hyperbaric center and wound care at the Tower Health Reading Hospital Medical Center through today.
2016
Is the medical director of the Wound Care Center at Reading Hospital.
2017
Is honored with a 50 Year Achievement Award from the Berks County Medical Center.
2022
Works as an assistant professor of surgery for the Drexel University School of Medicine’s Tower Health Division through today.
2023
Maintains membership in the American Legion through today.