Harry F. Bisel

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Harry F. Bisel (born June 17, 1918 in Manor , Pennsylvania , † 1994 ) was an American physician and pioneer in the field of clinical oncology .

Life

Bisel attended after graduating from Peabody High School in Pittsburgh , the University of Pittsburgh . There he graduated in 1942 to the MD. In the same year he joined the reserve of the United States Navy and served from 1943 to 1947. During World War II he was an aviation surgeon in the Pacific War and received three service stars for his achievements . Bisel officially remained a member of the reserve until 1978. He appeared as a founding member of the American Association for Cancer Education in 1947 and continued to study at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Medical School . In addition, Bisel was one of the first students to take part in the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's special tumor education program .

In 1963, Bisel was the first formally trained oncologist to be employed at the Mayo Clinic and worked there until his retirement in 1983. In the first year he set up the department for medical oncology and headed it until 1972. In 1964 Bisel founded the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) together with Fred Ansfield, Herman Freckman, Arnoldus Goudsmit, Robert Talley, William Wilson and Jane C. Wright , which decisively promoted and advanced the modern development of medical oncology and became its first president he was appointed. He was also an active member of the American Cancer Society and worked as a consultant for the National Cancer Institute . He has also lectured at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine and the Mayo Medical School and was one of the founders of the American Society of Preventive Oncology .

In 1971, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine presented him with the prestigious Hench Award for his many services in the field of clinical oncology . Bisel was married to the archaeologist and anthropologist Sara C. Bisel from 1963 and lived with her and their children Jane, Clark and Harold in Rochester , Minnesota , the seat of the Mayo Clinic.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ ASCO website, Die Gründer ( Memento from February 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 18, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Bisel, Harry F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American oncologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Manor, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH 1994