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List of surgeons

List of surgeons is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of surgeons rather than just read about it. In short: These are lists of notable surgeons. Pioneers and firsts to perform particular procedures Silvano Raia (born 1930), Raia was the first surgeon to achieve a successful living donor liver transplantation in July 1989 B.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

These are lists of notable surgeons.

Pioneers and firsts to perform particular procedures Silvano Raia (born 1930), Raia was the first surgeon to achieve a successful living donor liver transplantation in July 1989 B. K. Misra (born 1953), First neurosurgeon in the world to perform image-guided surgery for aneurysms, first in South Asia to perform stereotactic radiosurgery, first in India to perform awake craniotomy and laparoscopic spine surgery. Claudius Amyand (1680–1740), performed the first Appendicectomy Christiaan Barnard (1922–2001), cardiac surgery, first heart transplantation William DeVries (born 1943), first permanent artificial heart transplant Eric Mühe (1938–2005), first laparoscopic cholecystectomy Paul Randall Harrington (1911–1980), first interior fixation of the spine by means of a Harrington rod. John Heysham Gibbon (1903–1973), first open heart surgery Simon Hullihen (1810–1857), The Father of Oral Surgery John Hunter (1728–1793), first aneurysm operation and founder of early schools of anatomy Leonard B. Kaban, Walter C. Guralnick Professor and Chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University, pioneer in oral, maxillofacial and craniofacial surgery Frederic E. Mohs (1910–2002), developed the Mohs Micrographic Surgery technique (MMS) aka Mohs surgery in 1938 to remove skin cancer lesions. Dallas B. Phemister (1882–1951), developed the Phemister graft and early innovator in orthopedics Theodore H. Schwartz (born 1965), first center in New York City to use intraoperative MRI scanning during endoscopic pituitary surgery Lall Sawh (born 1951), C.M.T., F.R.C.S.(Edin.). Kidney transplantation pioneer in the Caribbean and Latin America. Early proponent of Viagra. Michael Woodruff (1911–2001), transplantation pioneer. Sergelen Orgoi developed low cost liver transplantation for developing countries

Researchers and inventors in the field of surgery

Onyekwere Akwari (1942–2019), Nigerian-American surgeon Norman Bethune (1890–1939), Canadian thoracic surgeon and humanitarian, early proponent of universal health care and inventor of the first practical mobile blood transport unit. Victor Chang (1936–1991), a cardiac surgeon Svyatoslav Fyodorov (1927–2000), creator of radial keratotomy John Heysham Gibbon (1903–1973), invented the heart-lung machine. Henry Gray (1827–1861), author of Gray's Anatomy Moshe Gueron (1926–2017), best known for his pioneering research about human heart influences in result of scorpion sting. Gavril Ilizarov (1921–1992), Russian orthopedic surgeon who invented the procedure to lengthen or reshape limb bones. Walter Lawrence Jr. (1925–2021), surgical oncologist and leader in civil rights health equity efforts Lars Leksell (1907–1986), neurosurgery, inventor of radiosurgery Joseph Lister (1827–1912), discoverer of surgical asepsis Kakish Ryskulova (1918–2018), inventor of new techniques in vascular surgery Hilda Villegas Castrejón (1931–2012), Mexican surgeon and pioneer in electron microscopy Vivien Thomas (1910–1985), developer with Alfred Blalock (1899–1964) and Helen B. Taussig (1898–1986) of the first congenital heart surgery techniques

See also History of surgery Surgery Women in medicine

References

External links History of Surgeons on surgeons.org.uk Famous Surgeons on mcqsurgery.com

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with List of surgeons

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what List of surgeons claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to List of surgeons before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of surgeons ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of surgeons

In research: List of surgeons appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of surgeons in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of surgeons is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Lists of medical doctors, Surgeons, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for List of surgeons outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is List of surgeons in simple terms?

These are lists of notable surgeons. Pioneers and firsts to perform particular procedures Silvano Raia (born 1930), Raia was the first surgeon to achieve a successful living donor liver transplantation in July 1989 B.

Why does List of surgeons matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study List of surgeons?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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