Henry Feffer
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| Born | Henry Leon Feffer January 15, 1918 CARE The Gallinger Municipal Hospital in Washington, D.C. which later became, the now defunct, District of Columbia General Hospital United States Army Howard University College of Medicine National Zoo |
Henry Leon Feffer (January 15, 1918 – May 9, 2011epidural injections of hydrocortisone. Today, physicians routinely give such injections before resorting to more invasive surgery. He was a Washington, D.C. spinal surgeon for more than four decades whose patients included Saddam Hussein.[1]
Early life and childhood
Feffer was born on January 15, 1918, in New York City.
Education
Feffer graduated from Indiana University, and from the Indiana University School of Medicine. His orthopedic surgery internship was in The Gallinger Municipal Hospital in Washington, D.C. which later became, the now defunct, District of Columbia General Hospital.[2]
Career
Feffer was an emeritus professor at
George Washington University Medical School
.
Death
Feffer died on May 9, 2011, of congestive heart failure at the age of 93.