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William Ganz (2009)
The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Dr. William Ganz, a pioneering cardiologist and one of the inventors of a specialized catheter, has died. He was 90. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center released a statement Wednesday saying Ganz died of natural causes Tuesday in Los Angeles. In 1970, Ganz and Dr. H.J.C. Swan invented a balloon-tipped catheter which measures heart function and blood flow...
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Shiloh Pepin, 10 (1999 - 2009)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Shiloh Pepin, a girl who was born with fused legs, a rare condition often called "mermaid syndrome," and gained a wide following on the Internet and national television, has died. She was 10. Doctors had predicted she would only survive only for days after her birth at the most, but the girl, described by her mother as "a tough little thing," died at Maine Medical...
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Ignacio V. Ponseti , 95 (1914 - 2009)
By NIGEL DUARA, Associated Press Writer IOWA CITY, Iowa A University of Iowa doctor who perfected a nonsurgical treatment for curing clubfoot in infants has died. University of Iowa spokesman Tom Moore says Dr. Ignacio V. Ponseti died Sunday at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City following complications from a stroke. Ponseti was 95. Clubfoot is a congenital...
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Dr. Frederick "Fred" Wirth, Jr. (2009)
By MARTIN GRIFFITH, Associated Press Writer RENO, Nev. -- Dr. Frederick "Fred" Wirth Jr., the physician to America's first test-tube baby, has died, his family said Friday. He was 68. Wirth died Monday of pancreatic cancer in Carson City, said his wife, Linda Wirth. He moved three years ago to nearby Minden, 50 miles to the south. Wirth gained national attention as the neonatologist...
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Tony Huesman (1957 - 2009)
By JAMES HANNAH, Associated Press Writer DAYTON, Ohio — A heart transplant recipient who lived a record 31 years with a single donated organ has died at age 51 of cancer, his heart still going strong, his widow said. Tony Huesman died Sunday night. "He had diabetes and cancer," Carol Huesman said Monday. "His heart—believe it or not —held out. His heart never gave up until the...
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Dr. Joel Weisman, 66 (1943 - 2009)
LOS ANGELES — Dr. Joel Weisman, who co-wrote the first report on AIDS in 1981, has died. He was 66. Weisman died Saturday at his Los Angeles home. His domestic partner, Bill Hutton, said...
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O. Carl Simonton (2009)
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. - Dr. O. Carl Simonton, a radiation oncologist who advocated treating the emotional and psychological needs of cancer patients, died June 18. He was 66. He choked to...
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George Tiller, 67 (1941 - 2009)
WICHITA, Kan. - When George Tiller was young he dreamed not of being one of the most visible and strident advocates for abortion rights, but of becoming a dermatologist. The 67-year-old...
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Turkan Saylan (2009)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) Turkan Saylan, a doctor who battled leprosy in Turkey and founded a secularist association devoted to providing educational grants for poor children, has died. She was 74....
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Irving V. Glick (2009)
JEFFERSON, Texas - Irving V. Glick, who was the U.S. Open tennis tournament doctor for more than 25 years, died Friday. He was 92. Glick died after a long illness at his home in Great Neck, N...
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Carl Camras (2009)
OMAHA, Neb. - Carl Camras, a renowned glaucoma researcher who spent part of his career at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, died Tuesday. He was 55. The Chicago native died of heart...
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Dr. Earl Wood, 97 (1912 - 2009)
The following article is courtesy of The Wall Street Journal By STEPHEN MILLER For United States fighter pilots, the sartorial sensation of 1944 was Earl Wood's G-suit, the pneumatic garment...
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Dr. Michael Shannon (2009)
By MARK PRATT, Associated Press Writer BOSTON -- Dr. Michael Shannon, an internationally known specialist in the study and treatment of the effects of poisons in children, died unexpectedly...
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Dr. Willem Johan Kolff, 97 (1911 - 2009)
PHILADELPHIA - Dr. Willem Johan Kolff, a pioneer in the fields of kidney dialysis and artificial organs, has died. He was 97. Kolff's son Jack says he died of natural causes Wednesday at a...
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Peer Portner, 69 (1940 - 2009)
Palo Alto, Calif. - Peer Portner, the inventor of an implanted electrical pump for heart-failure patients, has died. He was 68. Portner died Monday of cancer at his home in the San Francisco...
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Xiangzhong "Jerry" Yang, 49 (1959 - 2009)
HARTFORD, Conn. - Xiangzhong "Jerry" Yang, a stem cell scientist who successfully cloned the first farm animal in the United States, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 49. Yang,...
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Juanita Smallwood Osborne, 88 (1920 - 2009)
Dallas - Juanita Smallwood Osborne, who became one of the first living organ donors when she gave a kidney to her ailing son in the mid-1960s, has died at 88. Osborne died Thursday in Ashland...
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Robert Gumbiner (2009)
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Robert Gumbiner, a physician who founded the managed health care giant FHP because he thought the way doctors were paid was immoral, died Tuesday. He was 85. Gumbiner died...
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Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, 85 (1923 - 2008)
OSLO, Norway - Nobel Prize-winning medical researcher Dr. D. Carleton Gajdusek, who studied brain diseases and infections that lie dormant for years before attacking the body, has died, his...
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Dr. Louis Ormont (2008)
KEENE, N.H. - Dr. Louis Ormont, a professor of psychology and a pioneer in the field of group psychotherapy, has died. He was 90. Ormont died Nov. 15 at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, where...
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Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, 90 (1918 - 2008)
DETROIT - Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, a cardiac surgeon who performed the nation's first human heart transplant and who also developed lifesaving medical implants, has died. He was 90. Kantrowitz...
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Florence Wald, 91 (1917 - 2008)
Hartford, Conn. - Florence Wald, a former Yale nursing dean whose interest in compassionate care led her to launch the first U.S. hospice program, has died. She was 91. Her daughter, Shari...
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Dr. Ronald Davis (2008)
CHICAGO - Dr. Ronald Davis, a longtime public health and anti-tobacco advocate who served as president of the American Medical Association, died Thursday. He was 52. Davis died at his home near...
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Dr. Thomas H. Weller, 93 (1915 - 2008)
BOSTON - Dr. Thomas H. Weller, a Harvard professor whose research on the polio virus earned him and two others a Nobel prize in 1954, has died. He was 93. Weller died in his sleep Saturday at...
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Dr. Charles F. Whitten, 86 (1922 - 2008)
DETROIT - Dr. Charles F. Whitten, a physician, professor and specialist in sickle cell disease, died Aug. 14. He was 86. Whitten died of complications from multiple myeloma at his home in...
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Dr. Joan Hodgman (2008)
LOS ANGELES -- Dr. Joan Hodgman, a pediatrician who pioneered guidelines for newborn care, died Aug. 10 of what is known as Lou Gehrig's disease. She was 84. Hodgman died at a family cabin in...
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Eva Reich (2008)
HANCOCK, Maine - Dr. Eva Reich, daughter of Dr. Wilhelm Reich and lecturer on the controversial work on orgonomy that he pioneered more than a half century ago, has died. She was 84. Reich died...
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Dr. Michael DeBakey (2008)
HOUSTON - Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, has died....
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Dr. Michael B. Gregg, 78 (1930 - 2008)
Dr. Michael B. Gregg, a retired epidemiologist from Guilford credited with transforming a publication of the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention into one of the nation's leading...
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Dr. Jesse Edwards (2008)
Dr. Jesse E. Edwards, a cardiologist who established one of the world's largest collections of hearts to help the study of heart disease, died Sunday of heart failure, his daughter said. He was 96...
