Grubb, Robert L (Author)
Washington University Academic Publishing Services
Publication date: 2011
Language: English
Physical Details: 442 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
In the fall of 1911, Ernest Sachs-the first American specifically trained to be a neurological surgeon-joined the surgical faculty of the Washington University School of Medicine with the task of developing a neurosurgery program. Through brilliance and persistence, he succeeded, becoming the pioneer neurosurgeon in the lower Midwest, and in 1919 the world's first professor of neurosurgical surgery. And his work launched a neurosurgery service that in 2011 celebrated its 100th anniversary as one of the leading academic training programs in the United States and in the world. In his engaging, well-researched new book, neurosurgeon Robert Grubb chronicles the history of neurosurgery at Washington University. He begins by describing the birth of the School of Medicine itself, its unique governance structure, and its development into one of the leading medical schools in the United States. Next he covers, in turn, the various neurosurgery leaders at Washington University and their remarkable accomplishments. Overall, this well-illustrated description of the first century of neurosurgery at Washington University is fascinating for both neurosurgeons and those interested in the history of American medical education.
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