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Archives and History

History of Surgery Poster Competition 2018

First Place

Carbolic Acid before Joseph Lister
John D. Ehrhardt, Jr.
Don K. Nakayama, MD FÅ˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­
J. Patrick O’Leary, MD FÅ˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­


Second Place

John M. Howard: A Pioneer in Vascular, Trauma, and Pancreatic surgery
Justin A. Julian
Jonathan Demeter, MD
Sayed A. Hussain, MD
Francis C. Brunicardi, MD, FÅ˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­
Joseph J. Sferra, MD, FÅ˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­

Don K. Nakayama, MD FACS(center), Chair of the Surgical History Group, with first and second place winners John D. Ehrhardt, Jr. (right) and Justin A. Julian (left)
Don K. Nakayama, MD FACS(center), Chair of the Surgical History Group, with first and second place winners John D. Ehrhardt, Jr. (right) and Justin A. Julian (left)

Other Posters Presented

Louisa Garrett Anderson and Flora Murray: Redefining Gender Roles in Military Medicine
Jenny M. Held, MD
Don K. Nakayama, MD, FÅ˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­


Edoardo Bassini, Master of Surgery and Life
Marcoandrea Giorgi, MD


William Bovie: The Father of Electrosurgery
Katie Marrero, BS, MA
Abbey L. Fingeret, MD


Denis Burkitt and The Power of Observation
David C. Knight, MB, BCh
Daniel Ricaurte, MD
Nathan G. LaFayette, MD
John N. Dussel, MD


September 1918:  An Unforgettable Month for New England Surgeons 100 Years Ago
David E. Clark, MD


Rupert B. Turnbull Jr., Norma Gill and the First School of Enterostomal Therapy
Dominykas Burneikis, MD
Talia Burneikis, MD
Sally Gill-Thompson, ET
James S. Wu, MD, FÅ˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­
Tracy L. Hull, MD, FÅ˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­


The Man Behind the Clagett Procedure: O. T. Clagett
Pouya Hemmati, MD
Arman Arghami
Joseph A. Dearani, MD, FÅ˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­
Hartzell V. Schaff, MD, FÅ˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­
Richard C. Daly
Francis C. Nichols III, MD, FÅ˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­


Damage Control Surgery: A Hidden Treasure Rediscovered
Timothy R. Harris
Ryland S. Stucke, MD
David J. Mancini, MD


The History of Surgical Staplers: A Combination of Hungarian, Russian and American Innovation
Alicia D. Gaidry, MD
Laurier J. Tremblay, Jr., MD, FÅ˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­
Peter W. Soballe, MD, FÅ˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­
Romeo C. Ignacio, MD, FÅ˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­


The Guinea Pig Club: How Dr. Archibald McIndoe Changed the Field of Burn and Reconstructive Surgery
Matthew Carr, MD
Romeo C. Ignacio, MD, FÅ˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­


Mothers of Medicine: A History of Women in Surgery
Jessica Stewart, BA
Carolena Trocchia
Erin Dickey, MBS


Bariatric Surgery: The evolution from aesthetics to metabolic surgery
Allison C. Estep, MD
Richard F. Heitmiller, II, MD, FÅ˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­


Electrosurgery: The History of Applying Energy to Surgical Practice
Christopher L. Kalmar, MD, MBA
Richard C. Gilmore, MD


Leeches: Surgeons’ Bloodsucking Sidekicks
Laura L. Stafman, MD
Elizabeth A. Beierle, MD, FÅ˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­


Claude Couinaud’s Le Foie: How the Breakthrough Discovery of Liver Segmentation Paved The Way for Liver Surgery
Jacob E. Hardy, MD
Tommy G. Stuleanu
Jad Abou-Khalil, MD, CM, MSc, FRCSC


Born in the Bronx: The Truth Behind the World’s First Coronary Artery Bypass Operation
Maha Haqqani, MHS
Aksim G. Rivera, MD, FÅ˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­


Rudolph Nissen’s Dilemma–Surgical Ethics Versus Self Preservation
Ilan I Maizlin, MD
Sergey Yalonetsky, MD
Jason Sample, MD, FÅ˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³»­


Dr. C. Walton Lillehei: At the Heart of a Cardiac Surgeon, Scientist, and Educator
Omar Toubat, BA
Fred M. Wu, MD