JTCS St. Jude Medical
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Author home page(s):
Richard N. Edie
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Edie, R. N.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Edie, R. N.
Related Collections
Right arrow History

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005;129:207-208
© 2005 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Historical Perspectives

Historical Perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: George P. Muller, MD, ScD (1877-1947)

Richard N. Edie, MD

Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa

Received for publication February 9, 2004; accepted for publication February 11, 2004.

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

George P. Muller, the 16th president of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, was born in Philadelphia on June 25, 1877. He attended the public schools there and obtained a BA degree (which was possible at that time) from Central High School in 1895. He then entered the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and graduated in 1899. His internship was at Lankenau Hospital under the mentoring of Dr John P. Deaver. In 1902 he returned to Penn where he began his surgical training as a junior assistant to Dr Charles H. Frazier, the chairman of the department. At the same time, he was named an instructor in the department of anatomy. Dr Muller remained in the Penn system and advanced rapidly through the academic ranks there. After serving with distinction in the armed forces in World War I, he was made a clinical professor of surgery and, in 1918, was named chair of surgery at the Graduate School of Medicine of the University . . . [Full Text of this Article]






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 2005 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery.