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Archives and History

History of Surgery Poster Competition 2021

First Place

Beecher’s Bombshell: How One Man’s Article Revolutionized Medical And Surgical Ethics

Allison Oliva, A.B.
Edward G. Chekan, MD FACS
Justin Barr, MD, PhD

 

Second Place

The Right to Operate: An Example Of Medical Censorship For Political Affiliation During The McCarthy Era

John M. Becker, MD

 

Other Posters Presented

1947 To Present: Evolving Strategies For Otologic Trauma Through Changing Times

Jamie N. Piel, BS
Bless Onaiwu, MD
Byron D. Hughes, MD, MPH
Patrick J. Walker, MD

Anchors Aweigh! A History Of Female Surgeons At Sea

Amy Hernandez, MD FACS
Matthew David Tadlock, MD FACS

Captain Charles Martell: An Early Example of Patient Self-advocacy

Roi Anteby, MD
Roy Phitayakorn, MD FACS

Doctor Arthur Conan Doyle: Ophthalmologist By Training, Incisive Author And Defender Of Justice By Passion

Eleanor A. Fallon, M.D.
David Tobin Harrington, MD FACS

Ethel Vaughan-Sawyer: Changing the Way Surgeons Care For Their Patients

Karan Patel, B.S.
Sean Bunachita, B.S.
Umur Atabek, MD FACS
Francis R. Spitz, MD FACS
Hong Ki. Young, MD, MPH

Francisco Diaz: The Forgotten Father of Urology

Randy K. Casals, MD
Matvey Tsivian, MD

From Wound Man To Visual Abstracts - The History Of Surgical Illustration

Francois I. Luks, MD FACS

Head On Collisions: The Role of Plastic Surgeons in Shaping Motor Vehicle Safety

Nahstajia Pinnock, MD

History Of Muslim Women in Surgery

Sarah BENAMMI, MD
Youness Bakali, MD
Mohammed Raiss, MD, PhD
Hrora Abdelmalek, MD PhD

Inca Craniometry Technique Thriving in Survival Rates Before Times Of Modern Anesthesia And Sanitation

Ángel D. Chavez-Rivera
Tiffany Rebecca Sanchez

Joseph Bell: The Surgeon Behind Sherlock Holmes

Lee Stratton, MD

Lionhearted Goyaałé (Geronimo): Chiricahua Apache Surgeon-Warrior and Shaman Of Transitions, Transformations And Transgender People: A Brief History Of Gender Confirmation Surgeries

Catherine R. Coverley, MD, Med
Gregory Jarrin, MD, FACS

Racial Riots, Mass Killings Of May 13 1969 In Post Colonial Malaysia - Remembering Malaysia’s Pioneering Liver Surgeon

Johann Faizal Khan, MBBS, MRCS, MMED

The "Scuola Salernitana": The Beginning of Surgical Practice As A Science

Alessandro Martinino
Juan-Pablo Scarano-Pereira

The Rise of The Mundbinde

Marla A. Sacks, MD

The Sampson 532 AD: Rediscovered History Of The World's First Modern Hospital And Surgical Ward

Steven Christopher Howe, MD, FACS

The World's First Successful General Anesthesia Performed by Japanese Surgeon Seishu Hanaoka in 1804

Naoto Tanabe
Tetsuya Mitsudomi, MD