Joe Vincent Meigs
Joseph "Joe" Vincent Meigs (born October 24, 1892 in Lowell (Massachusetts) , † October 24, 1963 in Boston ) was an American gynecologist . The Meigs syndrome was named after him and he expanded the radical hysterectomy according to Wertheim for cervical carcinoma , which is therefore also called the Wertheim-Meigs operation .
Meigs comes from an old Massachusetts family ; his father was a general practitioner. He studied at Princeton University and Harvard University , worked as a medical student in Brookline, Massachusetts at the Free Hospital for Women, and found his first job in surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital as assistant to William Phillips Graves. This sparked Meigs' interest in gynecological operations.
Between 1932 and 1942 he taught as a surgeon at Harvard Medical School, where he was in 1941 head physician of Gynecology and Professor of Clinical Gynecology 1942 habilitated . In addition to expanding gynecological cancer operations, he also carried out research in the field of cytology . In 1955 he retired and died on October 24, 1963 (his 71st birthday) of a heart attack that he suffered from a lecture during a flight.
Meigs wrote more than 150 publications. In 1956 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
literature
- Barbara I. Tshisuaka: Meigs, Joe Vincent. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 964.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meigs, Joe Vincent |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meigs, Joseph Vincent (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American gynecologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lowell, Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1963 |
| Place of death | Boston |