Willem J. Kolff Artificial organ inventor
Kolff invented kidney dialysis.
From This is True for 8 February 2009
medicine
Doctors and medical researchers
Florence Wald Hospice pioneer
Wald left a great job to do what no one in the U.S. had yet done: open a hospice.
From This is True for 9 November 2008
Thomas H. Weller Virus researcher
Weller and his two colleagues shared the 1954 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their work.
From This is True for 17 August 2008
Michael E. DeBakey Greatest surgeon
He is thought by many to be “the greatest surgeon ever.”
From This is True for 13 July 2008
Edwina Froehlich Breastfeeding advocate
Froehlich led the formation of the La Leche League.
From This is True for 8 June 2008
J. Robert Cade Gator-aider
Cade invented Gatorade, and the entire “sports drink” category.
From This is True for 25 November 2007
Edmund H. Sonnenblick The good-hearted
Sonnenblick was one of the “greatest heart and blood vessel physiologists of the 20th century.”
From This is True for 23 September 2007
Peter VanVechten Hamill The Smoke-Free
The Surgeon General commissioned a Report. He chose Hamill to run it.
From This is True for 11 March 2007
Robert Freeark Trauma surgeon
Freeark created the first trauma center.
From This is True for 17 December 2006
Peter Snow The tireless
In 1984 he identified what became known as “Tapanui Flu” — which was later re-dubbed “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”.
From This is True for 26 February 2006