Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Joyce, Dr. Thomas M. 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 926 - 929
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     DR. THOMAS M. JOYCE, who proved his loyalty and patriotism by service in 
the World war, is a surgeon of high standing and has materially furthered 
Portland's prestige as a medical center.

     He is a native of Emmetsburg, Iowa, a son of Matthew and Ella (Healy) 
Joyce, who were married in Lansing, of that state. His father was a prominent 
merchant of Emmetsburg, Iowa, and is survived by the mother who is now living 
in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Joyce had five children, three sons 
and two daughters, but all are deceased except Thomas M. and Matthew M., the 
latter a successful attorney and general counsel for the Minneapolis and St. 
Louis Railroad Company, with headquarters in Minneapolis.

     Dr. Joyce attended the public schools of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and took two 
years' collegiate work at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, later 
enrolling as a student in the medical department of the University of 
Michigan, from which he received his M. D. degree in 1910. He was an interne 
in the University Hospital in Ann Arbor for a year and in St. Mary's Hospital 
in Rochester, Minnesota, for a similar period. For three years he was 
connected with the Mayo Clinic in the capacity of first assistant to Dr. 
Charles H. Mayo. In May, 1914, he came to Portland, starting a clinic in 
Portland in association with Dr. N. W. Jones, Dr. R. C. Coffey, and Dr. C. E. 
Sears. In 1917 Dr. Joyce entered the Medical Corps of the United States Army 
and was placed in charge of the surgical service of Base Hospital 46. He was 
assigned to Dr. Charles Frazier's school of neurological surgery for five 
months in 1917. He went overseas as chief surgeon of Base Hospital 46 with the 
American Expeditionary Forces and was stationed for a time at Bazoilles, 
France. He was, however, soon detached from this hospital and had his own 
operating team which worked along the different sectors during the time of the 
big drives. He returned to his country in February, 1919, and in 1920 
organized the Portland Clinic, with which he has since been connected, his 
associates being Dr. N. W. Jones, Dr. Frank B. Kistner and Dr. Laurence 
Selling, who are all experienced and able physicians and surgeons and the 
organization is a credit to the city.

     In 1915 Dr. Joyce was married in Portland to Miss Ruth Kiernan, a 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kiernan, by whom he has had two daughters, 
Susan and Jane, aged respectively eleven and nine years. The doctor adheres to 
the Catholic faith and his fraternal connections are with the Knights of 
Columbus, and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Along social lines he 
is identified with the Arlington Club, the University Club and the Waverley 
Country Club. He is a member of the Portland City and County Medical Society, 
Oregon State Medical Society, American Medical Association, the American 
College of Surgeons, and the Association of Ex-Residents of the Mayo Clinic, 
of which he was president in 1924. He is also a member of the Eclat Club.

     Deeply interested in scientific and humanitarian phases of his work, Dr. 
Joyce has exerted every effort to perfect himself therein and is generally 
regarded as one of Portland's foremost surgeons. He has a high conception of 
his duties and obligations of citizenship, and is a man whom to know is to 
esteem and admire.

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