2012 Death Joseph Murray, a Nobel prize winner, plastic surgeon and the first person to perform a kidney transplantation, dies at age 93 2012 Event The U.S. Surgeon General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Army Secretary, release a new U.S. national strategy to prevent suicides; the strategy uses Facebook as a tactic 2001 Death Dr. Christiaan Barnard, surgeon, ", performed the first heart transplant, South Africa 1967, ", dies at 78 1997 Death Douglas Ranger, surgeon, dies at 81 1997 Death H Richard Hornberger, surgeon (inspired M*A*S*H), dies at 73 1997 Death Charles Huggins, surgeon/medical researcher, dies at 95 1996 Death Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon, dies at 85 1995 Death Gerard W. Taylor, South African/British surgeon, dies at 74 1994 Event Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders resigns after masturbation comments 1994 Death M Vink, surgeon (1st Dutch kidney transplant), dies at 78 1990 Event Dr. Antonia Novello sworn-in as 1st hispanic/female U.S. surgeon general 1988 Event Surgeon General C. Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin 1975 Death Maxwell Maltz, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals, dies 1968 Death Charles W. Mayo, U.S. surgeon, dies at 70 1968 Death James Burke, actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at 81 1964 Event U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous 1960 Death Archibald McIndoe, plastic surgeon, dies 1957 Event U.S. Surgeon General Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer 1951 Death Earnest F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon, dies at 75 1950 Death Charles R Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45 1949 Death Jack Lovelock, New Zealand/U.S. surgeon/athlete 1936 Olympics gold, dies at 39 1946 Birthday Robert Jarvik, surgeon/inventor, Jarvik 7 artificial heart 1946 Birthday J R Farndon, British consultant surgeon 1944 Birthday Antonia Novello, 14th U.S. Surgeon General, 1990-92 1939 Death William J Mayo, U.S. surgeon/co-founder Mayo Clinic, dies at 78 1939 Event Dr. Roy P Scholz is 1st surgeon to use fiberglass sutures 1939 Death Charles H Mayo, U.S. surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74 1933 Birthday Jocelyn Elders, U.S. Surgeon General, -1994 1928 Birthday James White, sci-fi author, Star Surgeon, Star Healer 1928 Birthday Donald Longmore, British cardiac surgeon 1923 Birthday Paul Bramley, oral surgeon 1923 Birthday Norman E. Shumway, born in Michigan, pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon 1922 Birthday Christiaan Barnard, South Africa, surgeon, perform 1st heart transplant 1921 Birthday John Harrison, British vice admiral/surgeon 1920 Birthday Gerard W. Taylor, South African/British surgeon 1920 Birthday Denton Cooley, Houston, heart surgeon, 1st artifical heart transplant 1920 Birthday Arnold Elton, consultant surgeon 1916 Birthday C Everett Koop, surgeon general, 1981-89 1916 Birthday Douglas Ranger, surgeon 1916 Birthday Andrew Kay, surgeon/professor of surgery, University of Glasgow 1916 Birthday Reginald Murley, surgeon 1914 Birthday Lord Smith, British surgeon 1911 Birthday Michael Woodruff, FRS, surgeon 1910 Birthday Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon 1910 Birthday Vernon Thompson, thoracic surgeon 1910 Death Francis S Haden, English surgeon/graphic artist, dies at 91 1910 Birthday Jack Lovelock, New Zealand/U.S. surgeon/runner 1936 Olympics gold 1908 Birthday Maurice Adams, surgeon/British rear admiral 1902 Event Dr. Harvey Cushing, 1st U.S. brain surgeon, does his 1st brain operation 1901 Birthday Charles Huggins, surgeon/medical researcher 1899 Death James Paget, English surgeon (disease of Paget), dies at 85 1899 Birthday Maxwell Maltz, born in America, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals 1898 Birthday Marie J Hugenholtz, Doctor Grandi, surgeon on Curacao 1875 Birthday Ernst F. Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon 1873 Birthday Alexis Carrel, France, surgeon/sociologist/biologist, Nobel 1912 1865 Event Mary Edward Walker, 1st Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor 1865 Birthday Charles Horace Mayo, surgeon/co-founder, Mayo Clinic 1861 Birthday William James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota 1856 Birthday Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon, 1st open heart operation 1852 Birthday John Harvey Kellogg, surgeon, inspired flaked cereal industry 1851 Birthday Walter Reed, U.S. Army Surgeon, proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever 1841 Birthday Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, thyroid specialist, Nobel 1909 1841 Death Felix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49 1837 Birthday William Williams Keen, surgeon, brain 1829 Birthday Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon 1828 Birthday Jonathan Hutchinson, surgeon/scientist 1828 Birthday Albrecht Grafe, pioneer eye surgeon; founded modern ophthalmology 1824 Birthday Paul Broca, France, brain surgeon/anthro, located speech center 1818 Birthday Francis Seymour Haden, English surgeon/graphic artist 1818 Birthday Zacharias Topelius, Finnish historical novelist, Surgeon's Stories 1815 Birthday Crawford Williamson Long, surgeon/pioneer, use of ether 1814 Birthday James Paget, English surgeon, disease of Paget 1813 Event Office of surgeon general of the U.S. Army forms 1813 Birthday James Marion Sims, South Carolina, surgeon/gynecologist, vesicovaginal operation 1798 Event Dr. George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the U.S. navy 1795 Birthday James Barry, female disguised as a man, surgeon general, British army 1791 Birthday Felix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, law of Biot and Savart 1791 Birthday George Hayward, U.S., surgeon, 1st to use ether 1785 Birthday William Beaumont, surgeon, studied digestion 1772 Death Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged 1771 Birthday Ephraim McDowell, surgeon, pioneered abdominal surgery 1770 Death Bernard S Albinus, Weiss, German surgeon/anatomist, dies at 73 1764 Birthday John Abernethy, London, surgeon 1697 Birthday Bernard S Albinus, Weiss, German surgeon/anatomist 1692 Birthday Johannes G Schnabel, German author/surgeon, Insel Felsenburg 1651 Birthday Engelbrecht Kampfer, German/Netherlands VOC surgeon 1590 Death Ambroise Pare, French surgeon, dies at 80
