J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1307-1308
© 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
David C. Sabiston, Jr, MD
Robert Anderson, MD, MBA*
Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC
Received for publication February 12, 2009; accepted for publication February 12, 2009.
* Address for reprints: Robert Anderson, MD, MBA, David C. Sabiston Professor and Chairman (Emeritus), Dapartment of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710. (Email: ander043@mc.duke.edu).
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Dr David C. Sabiston, Jr, Professor and Chairman Emeritus of Duke University Medical Center's Department of Surgery (Fig 1), died on January 26, 2009, after a long illness. He was 84 years old. A native of North Carolina, Dr Sabiston received his BS degree from the University of North Carolina in 1944 and his MD degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1947. He completed his surgical residency under his greatly respected mentor, Dr Alfred Blalock, at Johns Hopkins Hospital. After his chief residency, he served 3 years at Walter Reed Medical Center in the US Army Medical Corps.
Dr Sabiston returned to Johns Hopkins in 1955 as an Assistant Professor of Surgery and an Investigator in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. In 1960, he received a Fulbright Scholarship to teach and conduct research at the Hospital for Sick Children of the University of London and the Nuffield Department of Surgery at Oxford University. Within 3 years of his return to Johns Hopkins, he became a Professor of Surgery.
In 1964, Dr Sabiston returned to his native North Carolina, where he became the Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Duke University Medical Center. At Duke, he was awarded a distinguished James B. Duke Professorship and continued to pursue his passions . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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