Stanford M. Noel, M.D., 87-year-old retired orthopaedic surgeon of Los Angeles, California, Died September 2, 2022, following a long illness. Dr. Noel was a well-known and respected surgeon who practiced for over 50 years in Los Angeles, California, specializing in the treatment of hip disorders in both children and adults.  Visitation will be at Waldo Funeral Home in Sherman, Texas on Monday, September 12 ^th from 6 to 8 P.M.  Private burial will take place at West Hill Cemetery in Sherman.

Dr. Noel was born December 16, 1934, in Sherman, Texas, the son of Jewel H. and Oscar H. Noel.  He attended Rice Institute as an undergraduate and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, for medical school.  He served as a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in Korea functioning as a general surgeon.  Following discharge he went to Stockton, California, where he practiced general surgery for two years.  He decided orthopaedics was his calling, and went to Harbor General Hospital in Los Angeles for one year of orthopaedic research with Dr. Marshall Orloff.  He was then accepted in a three-year orthopaedic residency at Orthopedic Hospital, L.A., followed by a three-year fellowship specializing in hip disorders.

He formed a partnership with Dr. William Craig treating private patients with orthopaedic problems with a focus on the hips of both children and adults.  Together they headed a hip clinic at Orthopaedic Hospital for underprivileged children with congenital hip disorders.

After Dr. Craig's retirement, Dr. Noel continued the children's hip clinic and a private practice which included many referrals from physicians and patients for the treatment of challenging and complex hip disorders.  He had compassion for his patients and their families.  They trusted him.  He was rightfully proud of his work, and especially with the clinic children.

In the winter of 1969, he was one of the first orthopaedic surgeons to go to England to study with Dr. John Charnley, the originator of total hip replacements.  Later, Dr. Noel designed his own total hip prosthesis for special patient situations.

Dr. Noel was president of the medical staff at Orthopaedic Hospital for three terms and involved in a teaching program for residents at Orthopaedic Hospital.  He was a member of the National Hip Society.  He was selected as one of two in the state of California for a three-year term as lobbyist of Congress in Washington representing the National Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

His hobbies included golf, fly-fishing at the family cottage in Canada, and research in depth on a variety of topics.  He was extremely well read, and one could always look to Stanford for accurate information.  He enjoyed lively intellectual discussions.

Dr. Stanford Noel will be missed greatly by his family friends, colleagues, and patients.  He was predeceased by his parents, Jewel and Oscar Noel, and survived by his wife, Marcia Clark Noel, brother Harold Noel and wife Melinda, and sister Margie Noel, brother-in-law Dr. Robert Clark and wife Sherry, and beloved nephews Jeffrey and David Clark, and cousin Willies Ballou and wife Cathye.