Robert Coles Psychiatrist
Coles happened to witness an event that changed the course of his life.
From This is True for 7 June 2026
medicine
Doctors, surgeons, and other medical practitioners. Researchers are usually under research.
Balfour Mount Pioneering Palliative Care physician
There was no such thing as hospice care in Canada in the early 1970s …or even in the U.S. Dr. Mount decided to change that.
From This is True for 5 October 2025
Robert Jarvik Artificial heart inventor
The artificial heart was not a flash in the pan: its descendent is in wide use today.
From This is True for 1 June 2025
Creswell Eastman Endocrinologist
“The man who saved a million brains.”
From This is True for 25 May 2025
Greg Powell Emergency physician
“You never know when you’re going to reach back in your memory and pull together an idea.”
From This is True for 4 May 2025
Loretta Ford Practitioning Nurse
Have you ever seen a nurse practitioner? It was Ford’s idea.
From This is True for 26 January 2025
Mildred Stahlman Neonatologist
Dr. Stahlman is largely responsible for creating the modern NICU — Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
From This is True for 30 June 2024
Traute Lafrenz The righteous
“She is a heroine of freedom and humanity.”
From This is True for 20 March 2023
Eugene Nagel EMS pioneer
Nagel got one of the first paramedic units up and running — and coined the term “paramedic”.
From This is True for 15 January 2023
Alan B. Scott Ophthalmologist
Dr. Scott figured out a drug could dramatically help multiple ailments. Including mine.
From This is True for 26 December 2021