famous anesthesiologists?

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fakin' the funk

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This is a boneheaded question, but I was curious...who are the "famous" anesthesiologists? The "big names" in the field, clinical or research-wise? Or would I be best off browsing the authors in Miller? Thx...
 
August Bier
Virginia Apgar
Ralph Waters
Pepper Jenkins
to name a few.
Miller, Stoelting, and David Brown will probably all be fondly remembered in history for their contributions to the education of future anesthesiologists.
 
Gern Blansten said:
August Bier
Virginia Apgar
Ralph Waters
Pepper Jenkins
to name a few.
Miller, Stoelting, and David Brown will probably all be fondly remembered in history for their contributions to the education of future anesthesiologists.

Don't forget Paul G.Barasch at Yale 👍
 
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Severinghaus, Steven Shafer, Benumof, Hornbein, Drummond, last but not least....Archie Brain
 
MTGas2B said:
Of course there is the former pro wrestler, turned anethesiologist, John Bonica.


You bump into Cullen at Harborview yet? Thats one cool dude and his name is right under Barash's in their Clinical Anesthesia book. Dr. Novak is also one slick cat as well.
 
VentdependenT said:
You bump into Cullen at Harborview yet? Thats one cool dude and his name is right under Barash's in their Clinical Anesthesia book. Dr. Novak is also one slick cat as well.

does lee fleisher get a mention???
 
Did a month of trauma at Harborview from an east coast program...Dry guy, not that interesting, i certainly do not think he is an Anesthesia legend..nor barash.....Apgar, yes....former chair of my program.......
 
VentdependenT said:
You bump into Cullen at Harborview yet? Thats one cool dude and his name is right under Barash's in their Clinical Anesthesia book. Dr. Novak is also one slick cat as well.


I haven't been to the Harborview ORs as a resident yet, head there in September. I went to med school at UW. Cullen was actually assigned to be my advisor in medical school when I was applying to residencies. I didn't really know who he was when I was medical school.
 
Ha,
Just saying I spent two months at UW as a CA-3 for trauma. Cullen is a good guy. Very dry. Helps edit a book with Barash. But, what other than editing a book have either accomplished, or given to the field of medicine to say that they are famous????

Apgar, whether she was a good clinician or not, remains perhaps the most famous of all anesthesiologists. Go into a single labor room in this country where you won't hear her name mentioned....that would be..how many times per day???
 
fakin' the funk said:
This is a boneheaded question, but I was curious...who are the "famous" anesthesiologists? The "big names" in the field, clinical or research-wise? Or would I be best off browsing the authors in Miller? Thx...

James Bagian

Former NASA astronaut and director of the VA's National Center for Patient Safety.

I now have to add astronaut to my residency goals :laugh:
 
wow...how can you guys forget Michael J Murray MD PHD? hes basically written the book on anesthesiology...literally....that guy is like a GOD! are u kidding? Morgan Mikhail Murray?
 
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August Bier
Virginia Apgar
Ralph Waters
Pepper Jenkins
to name a few.
Miller, Stoelting, and David Brown will probably all be fondly remembered in history for their contributions to the education of future anesthesiologists.

Pepper Jenkins - he was at Parkland when JFK was brought in - he did a great write-up that was re-published in one of the journals not that many years ago.

And almost forgot - Dripps, Eckenhoff, and Vandam.