Notable obits-RIP

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John A. Clements Dies at 101; His Research Saved Thousands of Babies

He identified the cause of a respiratory condition that was killing 10,000 infants a year in the United States. Then he helped design a drug that slashed those mortality rates.

www.nytimes.com

Dr. George Berci, Whose Innovations Changed Surgery, Dies at 103

He conceived many of the techniques and tools that have revolutionized minimally invasive operations and procedures.

www.nytimes.com

 

[deleted87051]

One factoid about Clements is that not only did he discover and develop surfactant but he was also a mentor to George Gregory who invented CPAP.

 

[ambiturner]

Mid-late 20th century was such a great era to be a doctor, so many big time discoveries and leaps in care. I’m sure there’s similar work being done now but I don’t think I’ll ever be a part of any of it.

 

[deleted87051]

Mid-late 20th century was such a great era to be a doctor, so many big time discoveries and leaps in care. I’m sure there’s similar work being done now but I don’t think I’ll ever be a part of any of it.

I think the developments may be less physiological and steer more toward molecular genetics and immunology.

 

[UscGhost]

Good thing the anti-vaxxers didn't exist back then...

 

[sloh]

I think the developments may be less physiological and steer more toward molecular genetics and immunology.

Heme-Onc is a great specialty to go into

 

[deleted87051]

RIP to this guy who is largely responsible for making many of us take stroke call these days. Seriously 👏 👏 👏

UB, medical community mourn loss of Hopkins

The SUNY Distinguished Professor and world-renowned neurosurgeon best known for changing the way stroke patients are treated died Oct. 5.

www.buffalo.edu

When You See It: Dr. L Nelson “Nick” Hopkins — Elad Levy — Traffic East

Dr. Elad Levy on his mentor and friend Nick Hopkins and how he changed the stroke care landscape. Read on...

www.trafficeast.com

 

[Gern Blansten]

Good thing the anti-vaxxers didn't exist back then...

I am pretty sure you are joking, but an interesting historical story that is almost always left out when discussing vaccines when they first appear for public use.
From Wikipedia:
In April 1955, soon after mass polio vaccination began in the US, the Surgeon General began to receive reports of patients who contracted paralytic polio about a week after being vaccinated with Salk polio vaccine from the Cutter pharmaceutical company, with the paralysis starting in the limb the vaccine was injected into. The Cutter vaccine had been used in vaccinating 409,000 children in the western and midwestern United States. Later investigations showed that the Cutter vaccine had caused 260 cases of polio, killing 11. In response, the Surgeon General pulled all polio vaccines made by Cutter Laboratories from the market, but not before 260 cases of paralytic illness had occurred. Eli Lilly, Parke-Davis, Pitman-Moore and Wyeth polio vaccines were also reported to have paralyzed numerous children. It was soon discovered that some lots of Salk polio vaccine made by Cutter, Wyeth, and the other labs had not been properly inactivated, allowing live poliovirus into more than 100,000 doses of vaccine. In May 1955, the National Institutes of Health and Public Health Services established a Technical Committee on Poliomyelitis Vaccine to test and review all polio vaccine lots and advise the Public Health Service as to which lots should be released for public use. These incidents reduced public confidence in polio vaccine, leading to a drop in vaccination rates.

They would eventually get it right and create a safe vaccine, but the first product out, historically, may not garner the desired results in all cases.

 

[Drwine]

RIP to this guy who is largely responsible for making many of us take stroke call these days. Seriously 👏 👏 👏

UB, medical community mourn loss of Hopkins

The SUNY Distinguished Professor and world-renowned neurosurgeon best known for changing the way stroke patients are treated died Oct. 5.

www.buffalo.edu

When You See It: Dr. L Nelson “Nick” Hopkins — Elad Levy — Traffic East

Dr. Elad Levy on his mentor and friend Nick Hopkins and how he changed the stroke care landscape. Read on...

www.trafficeast.com

I owe him a huge debt of gratitude that after my wife was hit by an out of control skier this winter and developed a subdural one of his best former fellows was able to embolize the bleed with Onyx glue in a matter of minutes saving her an open procedure and enabling a rapid recovery.

 

[deleted87051]

J Antonio Aldrete.

Knew about him from the Aldrete score. Did not know he performed the anesthetic for the first 180 human liver transplants working with Thomas Starzl.

This is a rambling but interesting eulogy.

 

[deleted1130227]

He made some real contributions to the field. But he had some less than good things attributed to him:

tried to copyright/patent his scoring system.

MEDITECH - Post Anesthesia Recovery Score Copyright New

Also From the ASA website:

ASA Judicial Council

Findings Regarding Expert Witness Testimony

by J. Antonio Aldrete, M.D.

The ASA Board of Directors censured ASA member J. Antonio Aldrete, M.D. for failing

to abide by the ASA “Guidelines for Expert Witness Qualifications and Testimony”

(“Guidelines”). The Resolution of Censure, approved August 19, 2007, also admonished

Dr. Aldrete that an expert witness must clearly distinguish between opinions regarding

what the standard of care is and what the expert believes the standard of care should be.
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full findings available to ASA members.

I am personally aware of testimony that he gave that would outrage most of us.

 

[deleted87051]

He made some real contributions to the field. But he had some less than good things attributed to him:

tried to copyright/patent his scoring system.

MEDITECH - Post Anesthesia Recovery Score Copyright New

Also From the ASA website:

ASA Judicial Council

Findings Regarding Expert Witness Testimony

by J. Antonio Aldrete, M.D.

The ASA Board of Directors censured ASA member J. Antonio Aldrete, M.D. for failing

to abide by the ASA “Guidelines for Expert Witness Qualifications and Testimony”

(“Guidelines”). The Resolution of Censure, approved August 19, 2007, also admonished

Dr. Aldrete that an expert witness must clearly distinguish between opinions regarding

what the standard of care is and what the expert believes the standard of care should be.
------------------------------------------------
full findings available to ASA members.

I am personally aware of testimony that he gave that would outrage most of us.

Yes. I think he had licensing issues in Florida late in his career as well.

 

[Drwine]

Remembering Dr. Ronald D. Miller | Anesthesia

We are sad to announce that Dr. Ronald D. Miller passed away on February 27, 2025. He served as chair of the UCSF Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care from 1984 until 2009, and was one of the most successful physician-scientist-leaders in the field’s history.Born and raised in South...

anesthesia.ucsf.edu

When I was a CA 1, I went to the CSA Hawaii meeting that he ran as a new chair. We had no funding for a meeting as a CA1 but the time was allowed. Fortunately, I had done a lot of moonlighting the year before and was able to pay for it. Being a small meeting we got a lot of interaction with the faculty and was able to be recognized and have continued conversations with people I met at that meeting at subsequent larger national meetings.

 

[cchoukal]

And this guy:

Remembering Dr. Ronald D. Miller | Anesthesia

We are sad to announce that Dr. Ronald D. Miller passed away on February 27, 2025. He served as chair of the UCSF Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care from 1984 until 2009, and was one of the most successful physician-scientist-leaders in the field’s history.Born and raised in South...

anesthesia.ucsf.edu

 

[centdoc]

And this guy:

Remembering Dr. Ronald D. Miller | Anesthesia

We are sad to announce that Dr. Ronald D. Miller passed away on February 27, 2025. He served as chair of the UCSF Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care from 1984 until 2009, and was one of the most successful physician-scientist-leaders in the field’s history.Born and raised in South...

anesthesia.ucsf.edu

Wow…. How did this not get publicized in the anesthesia world??

 

[mmag]

Remembering Dr. Kathryn Rouine-Rapp | Anesthesia

The Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care mourns the loss of Kathryn Rouine-Rapp, MD, a leader in anesthesia care for both adult and pediatric patients. She passed away on Sunday, March 2, 2025.

anesthesia.ucsf.edu