Judson Randolph, M.D.

Judson Graves Randolph, a trustee since 1980, becoming trustee emeritus in 2003, received both his B.A. and his M.D. from Vanderbilt University. A Nashville native, he served in the United States Naval Reserve aboard the U.S.S. Alabama in 1945 and 1946.

Following graduation from Vanderbilt Medical School in 1953, Dr. Randolph worked as an intern in surgery at the University of Rochester and as a resident in pathology at Vanderbilt. He then went to Boston for residency in general surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by training in pediatric surgery at the Boston Children’s Hospital. He served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and on the surgical staff at Boston Children’s Hospital until he was appointed Surgeon-in-Chief at the Children’s Hospital in Washington, D.C., a post he held for thirty years. In Washington, Dr. Randolph also served as Professor of Surgery at George Washington University and as a consulting surgeon to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the National Naval Medical Center, Howard University Medical School, and the National Institutes of Health. While in Washington, Dr. Randolph established a residency-training program in pediatric surgery. On retirement, he was named Professor of Surgery, Emeritus, at George Washington University and Surgeon-in-Chief, Emeritus, at Children’s National Medical Center.

Dr. Randolph has served on a number of boards as a director, including the American Cancer Society of Washington, the American College of Surgeons, the American Board of Surgery, and the Children’s Cancer Study Section of the NIH. In addition, he has served as president of the Washington Academy of Surgery, the Surgical Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Pediatric Surgical Association.
He has been honored with a number of awards, including the Robert E. Gross Award of the University of Texas, the Orvar Swenson award presented by Tufts University, the Public Service award from the Foundation for Biomedical Research, the William Ladd gold medal from the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Distinguished Graduate Award of Vanderbilt Medical School.

He is married to Joyce and resides in Nashville.