Joseph Garland (pediatrician)

{{short description|American pediatrician and editor (1893–1973)}}

Joseph Garland (1893–1973) was an American pediatrician and editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.

Garland was born in 1893 in Gloucester, Massachusetts.{{cite journal|last=Ingelfinger|first=Franz J.|year=1972|title=Joseph Garland's Fourscore Years|journal=The New England Journal of Medicine|volume=287|issue=26|page=1355|doi=10.1056/nejm197212282872614}} He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1919 and trained in pediatrics, working at the Massachusetts General Hospital from 1923 to 1954.{{cite journal|last1=Mazurak|first1=Magdalena|last2=Kusa|first2=Jacek|year=2014|title=The radiologist's tragedy, or Bland-White-Garland syndrome (BWGS). On the 80(th) anniversary of the first clinical description of ALCAPA (anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery)|journal=Kardiochirurgia I Torakochirurgia Polska|volume=11|issue=2|pages=225–229|doi=10.5114/kitp.2014.43857|pmid=26336427 |pmc=4283871 }} He was a member of the editorial staff of The New England Journal of Medicine for over 25 years: associate editor (1922–1947), editor (1947–1967), and finally editor emeritus (1967 onwards).{{cite journal|last=Ingelfinger|first=Franz J.|year=1973|title=Dr. Joseph Garland, 1893–1973|journal=The New England Journal of Medicine|volume=289|issue=9|page=480|doi=10.1056/nejm197308302890911|pmid=4587237 }} Prior to becoming editor, he had published articles in the Journal on a variety of subjects including splanchnic artery aneurysm rupture, varicella infection, and the thymus.{{cite journal|last=O'Leary|first=Robert|year=1967|title=The Luminous Autumn — TheJournal and Joseph Garland|journal=The New England Journal of Medicine|volume=277|issue=1|pages=18–21|doi=10.1056/nejm196707062770106|pmid=5339281 }} He published eight books, including The Story of Medicine (1949).{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/09/archives/dr-joseph-garland-editor-of-medical-journal-dead.html|title=Dr. Joseph Garland, Editor Of Medical Journal, Dead|work=The New York Times|date=August 9, 1973|accessdate=July 9, 2022}}

Garland's father was Gloucester mayor Joseph Garland. He married Mira Crowell, a nurse, with whom he had two children.{{cite journal|last=Faulkner|first=James M.|year=1973|title=The Man, His Family and Friends|journal=The New England Journal of Medicine|volume=289|issue=12|pages=638–639|doi=10.1056/nejm197309202891214}} His son, Joseph E. Garland, was a historian and journalist.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/oct/05/joseph-garland-obituary|work=The Guardian|title=Joseph Garland obituary|first=Michael|last=Carlson|date=October 6, 2011|accessdate=July 9, 2022}} He died in 1973, aged 80, at his home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.