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Surgeons and the Nobel Prize
A. Benedict Cosimi, MD
Arch Surg. 2006;141:340-348.
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INTRODUCTION
It has been my great fortune to serve as the 85th president of the New England Surgical Society. I am grateful to all of my colleagues for the privilege of serving in this role over the past year. Certainly, one of the greatest honors a surgeon can receive is to be selected by his peers to a leadership position in a prominent society. With the receipt of such a responsibility, the first question that probably crosses the minds of most presidents-elect is: "How can I help to maintain this society's traditions of leadership, education, and camaraderie?" This is closely followed by, "What can I possibly say in my presidential address that is worth saying?" As one reviews previous presidential addresses, it is apparent that a favorite theme is our surgical heritage, in which stories of the achievements of those surgeons recognized as giants in the field . . . [Full Text of this Article]
NOBEL FOUNDATION
ALFRED NOBEL
THEODOR KOCHER
ALLVAR GULLSTRAND
ALEXIS CARREL
ROBERT BARANY
FREDERICK G. BANTING
WALTER HESS
WERNER FORSSMANN
CHARLES HUGGINS
JOSEPH MURRAY
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AUTHOR INFORMATION
Author Affiliation: Department of Surgery, Transplantation Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston.
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