Donald S. Gann

Donald Stuart Gann (1932 – February 3, 2020) was an American

In 1967, Gann was the first chair of the biomedical engineering department at Case Western Reserve University. In 1970, he became a professor of biomedical engineering and associate professor of surgery. In 1974, Gann became a professor of emergency medicine and director of the division of emergency medicine. From 1979 to 1988, Gann was chair of the new department of surgery at Brown University and was the second surgeon in chief of Rhode Island Hospital. He led the division of surgical critical care at the University of Maryland Medical Center from 1992 to 2000. He held other positions at University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMMS) including section chief of trauma surgery and critical care, and endocrine surgery. He retired from UMMS in 2010.^[2]

Gann and physiologist Dan Darlington founded Shock Therapeutics Biotechnologies Inc. based on a patent for treating

He was the president of the Biomedical Engineering Society (1971–1972) and of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma [Wikidata] from 1987 to 1988.^[2]

Personal life

Gann was a Quaker. He was married to nurse practitioner Gail Burgan. He had three sons and a daughter. He died on February 3, 2020, at his Brooklandville, Maryland, residence. Gann was 87.^[2]

Awards and honors

Gann was a member of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, Halsted Society, Endocrine Society, and the Southern Surgical Association.^[2]

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