John Robert Cobb

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John Robert Cobb (* 1903 , † March 24, 1967 ) was an American surgeon and orthopedist , known for the Cobb angle for the classification of malformations of the spine.

education

Born and raised in Brooklyn , New York City , Cobb attended Staunton Military Academy in Virginia and was hired on a merchant ship when he was 16.
In 1925 he graduated in English literature at Brown University in Providence with the Bachelor of Arts from.

He decided to study medicine and went to Harvard University for a year to prepare for studies at Yale Medical School , which he graduated with an MD ( Doctor of Medicine ) in 1930 . He then worked for a year as an intern and a year in orthopedic surgery at New Haven Hospital . In 1936 he earned a doctorate in medicine from Columbia University in New York City.

plant

From 1934 Cobb worked at the Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled , now the Hospital for Special Surgery (Surgical Hospital) New York, where he built a scoliosis clinic. At the time, little was known about scoliosis and its cause, and no effective treatment was available. Cobb experimented with various treatment methods and came to the conclusion that the best method was to use a plaster of paris corset in combination with spinal fusion . But he also realized that only about 10% of patients with scoliosis need such a surgical procedure. To assess the severity of the curvature of the spine, he determined the angle of the curvature. This method was later called the Cobb angle .

John Robert Cobb died on March 24, 1967.

activities

  • Post-graduate student at New York Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital
  • Post-graduate student at Seaview Hospital on Staten Island
  • Assistant visiting orthopedist at Willard Parker Hospital
  • Adviser to the management
of St. Charles' Hospital , in Port Jervis, Long Island ,
the Eastern New York Orthopedic Hospital School , in Schenectady ,
of the Veterans Administration Hospital , at Castle Point .
  • Employee of the New York Academy of Medicine

Memberships

  • American Medical Writers Association
  • Association of American Medical Colleges
  • American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
  • American Medical Association
  • American Geriatrics Society
  • President of the Alumni Association of the Hospital for Special Surgery

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Who's who in orthopedics By Seyed Behrooz Mostofi , accessed December 17, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Cobb, John Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American surgeon
DATE OF BIRTH 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City , New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1967