By Name,
A-Z
Abbe, Robert, 1851 - 1928.
New York surgeon who first used lip-switch (Abbe) flap in bilateral cleft
deformity. Introduced radium into the U.S.
Aufricht, Gustave, 1894 -
1980.
Trained by father of rhinoplasty, Jacques Joseph of Germany; with Safian,
introduced his methods to the U.S. in the 1930's; a founding member of the
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.
Barron, John Netterville, 1911
- 1992.
Chief Plastic Surgeon, Odstock Hospital, England; hand surgery.
Brown, James Barrett, 1899 -
1971.
St. Louis giant of plastic surgery.
Celsus, Aurelis Cornelius,
53 B.C. - 7 A.D.
Brophy, Truman William, 1848 -
1928
American pioneer in cleft palate surgery.
Buck, Gordon, 1807 - 1877.
Early pioneer of American plastic surgery.
Byars, Louis T., 1906 -
1969.
One of the Four Horsemen of St. Louis.
Converse, John M., 1909 -
1981.
Chief of Plastic Surgery, New York University; craniofacial surgeon.
Cronin, Thomas Dillon, 1906 -
1993.
Chief of Plastic Surgery, Baylor University, Texas; developed the breast
implant.
Davis, Albert D., 1890 -
1964.
San Francisco plastic surgeon; paid Gillies a fee to receive training.
DeSault, Pierre Joseph, 1738? -
1795.
French pioneer of bilateral cleft surgery.
Dieffenbach, Johann Friederick,
1792 - 1847.
First successful closure of both hard and soft palate; early references to
tenotomy, myotomy, otoplasty, early rhinoplasty, and blepharoplasty.
Dingman, Reed, 1906 - 1985.
Chief of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan; significant work in the
treatment of jaw fractures.
Douglas, Beverly, 1891 -
1975.
Best known for the Beverly Douglas procedure used in the initial management
of Pierre Robin Syndrome.
Dupuytren, Guillaume, 1778
- 1835.
Described the progressive contracture of the palmer aponeurosis which now
bears his name - Dupuytren's Contracture.
Gabard, Pere
Postage skin graft on burns.
Galenus, 130 - 200 A.D.
First described suture of tendon.
Georgiade, Nicholas G.,
1918-
Chief of Plastic Surgery, Duke University; craniofacial and breast surgeon.
Gillies, Sir Harold Delf, 1882 -
1960.
Established plastic surgery in England.
Graefe, Carl Ferdinand von, 1787
- 1840.
Founder of modern reparative surgery and often called the father of modern
plastic surgery.
Hagedorn, Werner, 1811 -
1867.
Developed the quadrilateral flap operation for a unilateral hare ( 1884,
1892).
Hamilton, Frank Hasting, 1813 -
1886.
Designed and transferred the first cross leg flap.
Hueston, John, 1926 - 1994.
Leading Australian plastic surgeon.
Johansen, Bengt
Swedish plastic surgeon; hypospadius and cleft surgery.
Kilner, T.P., 1890 - 1964.
First Professor of plastic surgery, Oxford University; trained by Gillies
after WWI; developed the cleft palate repair.
Khoo-Boo-Chai
Outstanding plastic surgeon, Singapore and Malaysia.
Langenbeck, Bernard Rudolph Conrad,
1810 - 1887.
Described mucoperiosteal formation and characteristics of scars.
LeMesurier, Arthur B., 1890
- 1982.
Canadian orthopedic and early cleft lip surgeon.
Magill, Sir Ivan, 1888 -
1986.
An anesthesiologist who invented the endotracheal tube while with Gillies
during his jaw reconstructions.
Malgaigne, Joseph Francois, 1806
- 1865
Cleft lip repair.
Marino, Hector, 1905-
Leading Buenos Aires plastic surgeon.
Matthews, David Napier
Chief of Plastic Surgery, Great Ormand St., London.
McDowell, Frank, 1911 -
1992.
Scribe of the famous Four Horseman of St. Louis; editor of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery.
McIndoe, Sir Archibald, 1900 -
1960.
Renowned (and knighted) for work on skin grafts in the treatment of burned
airmen in WWII; trained by Gillies; helped legitimize aesthetic surgery as
a branch of plastic surgery.
McNeill, Kenneth A.
Chief Plastic Surgeon, Kingston, Jamaica.
Meleney, Frank, 1889 -
1963.
Professor of Surgery and Bacteriology, Columbia University; work in "Meleney's
Ulcer" and bacitracin.
Millard, D. Ralph, 1919 -
Mirault, G.
19th Century French surgeon known for cheiloplasty.
Muetter, Thomas Dent, 1811 -
1857.
Exhaustive study of scar formation and characteristics of scars.
Musgrave, Ross H., 1921-
Artist; University of Pittsburgh; cleft lip surgery.
Nelaton, Auguste, 1807 -
1873.
Repair for incomplete cleft lip.
O'Brien, Bernard
Famous microvascular surgeon, Melbourne, Australia.
Ollier, Leopold Louis Xavier Edouard,
1829 - 1868.
Early pioneer of free skin grafting.
Pancoast, Joseph, 1805 -
1882.
One of the first to perform reconstructive rhinoplasty in America.
Pare, Ambroise, 1510 -
1590.
With Franco (?1505-1579), one of the first to describe in detail the principles
and techniques in the surgical treatment of cleft palate.
Peacock, Erle, 1926 - 1980
Chief of Plastic Surgery, University of North Carolina and Arizona State
University; research in wound healing.
Peet, Eric, 1909 - 1981.
Oxford University cleft surgeon.
Pitanguy, Ivo, 1926-
Renowned Rio de Janeiro plastic surgeon.
Planus, Jaime
Cosmetic plastic surgeon, Barcelona.
Robinson, David Weaver, 1911 -
1992.
Chief of Plastic Surgery, Kansas City.
Roux, Philbert Joseph, 1780 -
1854.
Founder of modern cleft lip and cleft palate surgery.
Safian, Joseph, 1886 -
1983.
Trained by father of rhinoplasty, Jacques Joseph of Germany, and, with Aufricht,
introduced his methods to the U.S. in the 1930's.
Skoog, Tord, 1915 - 1977.
Outstanding Swedish plastic surgeon known for Dupuytren's repair; first advocated
the SMAS facelift which became a popular technique.
Straith, Clair, 1891 -
1958.
Leading cosmetic surgeon and great business mind in Detroit.
Szymanowski, Uli Karlouich, 1829
- 1868.
Z plasty
Thiersch, Carl, 1822 -
1895.
Early pioneer in free skin grafting.
Warren, Jonathan Mason, 1811 -
1867.
Probably performed the first cleft palate and reconstructive rhinoplasty
in America.
Webster, Jerome Pierce, 1888 -
1974.
Chief of Plastic Surgery, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons; developed
a great plastic surgery library.
Weir, Robert Fulton, 1838 -
1927.
Important contributions to rhinoplastic surgery, a well known one being his
crescent shaped excision from the base of the ala nasi. |
Trainees in Plastic Surgery, 1948 -
1949.
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