Benton Adkins

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Title

Benton Adkins

Subject

VUMC History, Surgery, Vanderbilt Alumni, Geriatrics

Description

Photographic portrait of Benton Adkins. Professor of Surgery and Cell and Developmental Biology, Emeritus, VUSM. Born in Clarksville, TN, Dr. Adkins graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1958, and joined the faculty in 1966. He was a colonel in the Tennessee Air National Guard and served on active duty in the Persian Gulf War. Past president of the Nashville Academy of Medicine, he was also a member of the Tennessee Medical Association, the American Association of Clinical Anatomists, the Nashville Surgical Association, and the H. William Scott, Jr. Society. Dr. Adkins was also a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Southeastern Surgical Congress. He co-authored a book with H. William Scott, Jr. entitled, The Surgical Care of the Elderly.

Creator

Anonymous

Source

Vanderbilt University History of Medicine Collections Photographic Archive

Date

1992 (circa)

Rights

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Type

Still Image

Identifier

192

Item Type Metadata

People Depicted

Ordered left to right as they appear in the image, starting from the top left.

Original Format

Photographic print

Physical Dimensions

4 in. x 6.5 in.

Contribution Form

Online Submission

No

Collection

VUMC People

Citation

Anonymous, “Benton Adkins,” VUMC Through Time: A Photographic Archive, accessed August 4, 2026, https://eblthroughtime.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/1927.

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