About Peter LaMotte
Lived 1929 – 2007 (aged 77–78). Peter LaMotte was a surgeon.
Peter LaMotte (1929–2007) was a physician. LaMotte served as the first team physician of the New York Mets baseball team from their founding until 1974. He also founded Hilton Head Hospital on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
Early life and education
LaMotte was born to Louis LaMotte, Jr. and Lois LaMotte in Manhattan in 1929. During his childhood, he contracted polio. LaMotte later raced Stearman model 75 biplanes as a teenager.
LaMotte earned his medical degree from George Washington University Medical School in Washington, D.C. He then completed a medical residency and internship at Roosevelt Hospital and orthopedic training at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. Following his training, LaMotte returned to work at Roosevelt Hospital. He rose to the positions of chief of trauma surgery and chief of orthopedic surgery during his time there.
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Who was Peter LaMotte?
American surgeon
When was Peter LaMotte born?
Peter LaMotte was born in 1929.
When did Peter LaMotte die?
Peter LaMotte died in 2007.
What was Peter LaMotte's occupation?
Peter LaMotte was a surgeon.
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