retired as head of transplant surgery at Brigham and returned to his first love, plastic surgery. "At heart, I'm a reconstructive surgeon," he said at the time. His friend and colleague, the late Dr. Francis Moore, once noted that "Joe's the only guy who ever won a Nobel Prize for pursuing a hobby."
Gage Elementary School San Carlos CA 1985-1987, Pershing Elementary School San Carlos CA 1988-1988, La Mesa Middle School La Mesa CA 1988-1990, MacQueen Middle School Alpine CA 1989-1989