Charles Victor Pryles, M.D. passed away in his home in Jensen Beach Florida after a long illness. Dr. Pryles was raised in Atlanta Georgia and attended Emory University.
He graduated from The University of Georgia School of Medicine (Magna Cum Laude).
He did his Pediatric Residency at The Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio. He then served as an officer in the United States Army Medical Corp as the chief of the Pediatric Services in Fort Lee Virginia. He then served as the Chief Resident in charge of the Medical Out-patient Department at The Children’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
Dr. Pryles completed a fellowship in Pediatric neurology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He was then a Clinical Fellow in Medicine at Children’s Hospital in Boston. He then became a Research Associate at Harvard Medical School, Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, and Infectious Disease Unit. It was here where he became one of the Founding Fathers of The Infectious Disease Society. He then became the Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Boston University School of Medicine as well as the Chief of the Infectious Disease Unit, Pediatric Service, and Boston City Hospital. In 1965 Dr. Pryles became the Chairman, Department of Pediatrics at The Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn, New York and Downstate Medical School. IN 1974 Dr. Pryles became Professor of Pediatrics at The University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Dr. Pryles was the author of many original articles and a frequent contributor to The New England Journal of Medicine as well as The Journal of Pediatrics. Dr. Pryles was the first person to perform Percutaneous Bladder Aspiration in order to collect urine for bacteriologic study. This technique is widely used in Medicine today. Dr. Pryles also narrated a PBS documentary on Wrentham State School and the advances that were being pioneered for those who were considered mentally retarded. Dr. Pryles was also the first Doctor to administer the Salk Polio vaccine in Boston. Dr. Pryles taught hundreds of physicians throughout his career to become Pediatricians. He received the McIver award at the University of Massachusetts for being the outstanding Professor of the year. His most important advice he gave to those that became physicians was to put caring for your patient above all else. He often said if you don’t care for the patient first then you should find another line of work. The other passion in Dr. Pryles’ life was his art. He was a graduate of the World famous Arts Student League in Paris, France. He also received a degree from the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston. He also maintained an Art studio in the Fort Point Artists Colony in Boston. Dr. Pryles leaves his beloved wife Patricia (Doyle) Pryles of Jensen Beach, Florida, formerly of Boston, Massachusetts;
three sons, James of Hanover, Massachusetts, David of Bridgewater, Massachusetts , Harry of Beverly Hills, California; four grandchildren; and one great grandchild. He was predeceased by his son Victor Pryles, formerly of Boston. Funeral services will be held at 12 Noon Saturday, January 24th at A. S. Turner & Sons Funeral Home, 2773 N. Decatur Rd., Decatur, Georgia 30033. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Memory of Charles V. Pryles M.D. to the Children’s Hospital of Boston at www.Childrenshospital.org/giving.
