Upon graduating in 1926, Travell completed two years of residency at New York Hospital while concurrently serving as an ambulance surgeon for the New York City police force. from Cornell University Medical College in New York City. Her career began with her educational pursuits at Wellesley College and continued in graduate school as she pursued an M.D. Travell pioneered techniques for the treatment of myofascial pain, including dry needling. Kennedy's personal physician and a researcher of the concept of trigger points as a cause of musculoskeletal referred pain.ĭuring her career, Dr. At the age of 95, Travell died of heart failure at her home in Northampton, Massachusetts. They had two daughters-Janet and Virginia. In June 1929, in New York City, Janet married John William Gordon Powell, who was an investment counselor. Heavily influenced by her father's profession of physician, Travell made the decision to pursue a career in the medical field. She was born in 1901 to John Willard and Janet Eliza (Davidson) Travell.
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