Dr Martin Dobelle came to Pittsfield in 1939, opening offices in the Onota Building.
15 Facts About Martin Dobelle
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Martin Dobelle was affiliated with Hillcrest, Fairview and North Adams Regional hospitals, as well as the House of Mercy, later Pittsfield General Hospital, and St Luke's Hospital, the last two of which were later merged to become Berkshire Medical Center.
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Martin Dobelle left nearly four years later as a lieutenant colonel, having served as chief of orthopedic surgery at the Army hospital in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and chief of surgery service at Halloran General Hospital in Staten Island.
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Martin Dobelle was cited for meritorious performance while at Fort Belvoir, where he reorganized the orthopedic section and set up a teaching program, and was decorated three times for surgical accomplishment.
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Martin Dobelle was named civilian orthopedic consultant to the Veterans Administration, a post he held for 20 years, and to the office of the surgeon general, the Federal Security Commission, and US Department of Labor.
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Martin Dobelle moved in 1955 to 769 North Street, a house he converted to contain offices for six doctors, acting as his own architect and contractor.
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Martin Dobelle spent much of his life working with crippled children.
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Martin Dobelle was chief of surgery at the Carrie Tingly Crippled Children's Hospital for Indian Children in Hot Springs, New Mexico, and consulting orthopedic surgeon for Kaiser Permanente Foundation Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Martin Dobelle served as chief orthopedic surgeon at the Cape Kennedy Missile Center in Florida for three years during Project Mercury and was consultant in orthopedic surgery to the Air Force Military Support Facility at Patrick Air Force Base.
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Martin Dobelle returned to Pittsfield in 1965 and two years later was appointed medical examiner for central Berkshire, a post he held until 1982.
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Martin Dobelle was a five-year member of the state Board of Registration in Nursing.
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The couple often wintered in Florida, where Dr Martin Dobelle had a medical practice and was Chief of Staff of the Monroe-Jackson Hospital, which he built in Hollywood, Florida in 1956.
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Dr Martin Dobelle was president of the Nicholas Andre Orthopedic Society, a diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedists, a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, and a founding fellow of the International College of Surgeons, as well as a member of the American Medical Association and Massachusetts and Berkshire medical societies.
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Martin Dobelle retired from the practice of medicine in 1975.
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Martin Dobelle was given a gold medal by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union for 50 years of service and interest in the labor movement.