Thomas Starzl Transplant researcher
Starzl’s work had been cited by other researchers more than any other researcher in the world.
From This is True for 5 March 2017
medicine
Doctors, surgeons, and other medical practitioners. Researchers are usually under research.
Denton Cooley Heart surgeon
“Dr. Cooley is probably the very best heart surgeon who has ever lived.”
From This is True for 20 November 2016
W. Dudley Johnson Cardiologist
A cardiologist, Johnson found it “very difficult to tell someone to go home, I can’t do anything for you.”
From This is True for 30 October 2016
Bertrand Bell Residency reformer
“A bus driver can’t do it. A pilot cannot do it. So why should a neophyte doctor do it?”
From This is True for 9 October 2016
Abdul Sattar Edhi Humanitarian
He had no funding, and simply led by example: the Edhi Foundation grew to be a huge public service organization.
From This is True for 10 July 2016
Norman McSwain Pre-hospital trauma pioneer
Dr. McSwain brought paramedics to New Orleans, and then trained combat medics, too.
From This is True for 2 August 2015
Stanley Zydlo EMS pioneer
Dr. Zydlo brought paramedics to more rural areas of the U.S., and then got saved by one of them.
From This is True for 7 June 2015
Elisabeth Bing Lamaze advocate
She is now known as “the mother of Lamaze.”
From This is True for 17 May 2015
Martin Reiser Cop shrink
Reiser was the first full-time staff psychologist for any police department in the country.
From This is True for 19 April 2015
John D. Arras Medical philosopher
Arras was a medical philosopher, probing questions that medicine had ignored for generations.
From This is True for 15 March 2015