John F. Murray
John Frederic Murray (born June 8, 1927 in Mineola , New York , † March 24, 2020 in Paris ) was an American doctor who specialized in lung diseases . He was an important figure in the international fight against tuberculosis . Him the advanced international definition of is acute lung injury ( acute respiratory distress syndrome, ARDS ) back. He developed a test procedure to determine whether conventional artificial ventilation is sufficient in the case of lung diseases.
Life
John F. Murray was born in 1927 as the son of hurdler and cartoonist Frederick "Feg" Murray and his wife Dorothy Murray, nee. Hanna was born in Mineola on Long Island . The family soon moved to Los Angeles , where Murray grew up and attended school. After military service, he studied medicine at Stanford University . There he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1949 and graduated from the university's medical school in 1953. The practical part of his training took place in Los Angeles and at the University of San Francisco . John F. Murray spent most of his medical career at San Francisco General Hospital , where he directed the Department of Respiratory Diseases from 1966 to 1989 and established the first intensive care unit. When AIDS first hit the San Francisco General in the 1980s , he was studying the effects of HIV disease on the lungs and warning that HIV could lead to an increase in tuberculosis cases. In 1994 he finished his job there in the hospital.
He was Secretary General of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease based in Paris and was a professor at the University of San Francisco, among other things.
After his retirement, he and his wife commuted between Paris and San Francisco.
On March 24, 2020, John Frederick Murray succumbed to complications after a SARS-CoV-2 infection that led to lung failure. He died in Paris at the age of 92.
family
Murray was married to Sarah Sherman in his first marriage from 1949 to 1967. Murray then married the novelist and screenwriter Diane Johnson in 1969 . The first marriage had three children. His second wife had four stepchildren into the marriage. At the time of his death he was a multiple grandfather.
Publications (selection)
- with Jay A. Nadel: Textbook of Respiratory Medicine , 2 volumes, 1988
- Intensive Care: A Doctor's Journal , 2000
- How Aging Works: What Science Can Do About It , 2015
Web links
- Literature by and about John F. Murray in the catalog of the German National Library
- John Murray, Pioneering Lung Expert, Dies at 92 April 2, 2020, The New York Times
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georgina Ferry, obituary (English) in the Guardian of April 2, 2020
- ↑ Longtime Bay Area pulmonary specialist Dr. John F. Murray dies of disease he helped fight after bout with COVID-19 , March 26, 2020, The Mercury News
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Murray, John F. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Murray, John Frederic (full name); Murray, JF |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mineola , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 2020 |
| Place of death | Paris |