Jay McLean
Jay McLean | |
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Born | San Francisco, California, United States |
Died | Savannah, Georgia, United States |
Known for | Heparin |
Medical career | |
Profession | Physician |
Jay McLean (1890 – November 14, 1957) was an American surgeon. He is most notable for his major contribution to the discovery of heparin.
Early life
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Career
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McLean graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1919 and began an internship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.[5] Following completion of his internship, he began a surgical residency, in which he rotated through the Hunterian Laboratory, the laboratory founded by Harvey Cushing in 1904.[7]
McLean stayed in Baltimore until 1924 when returned to his alma-mater, the University of California to become an instructor in surgery.[5] After three years in California, McLean took a position in the Department of Pathology at Cornell University, a position which he held until 1939.[5] After leaving Cornell, McLean moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he worked in private surgical practice and was appointed as an associate professor of surgery at Ohio State medical school.[5] In 1949, he was appointed director of Radiation Therapy and Consultant in Malignant Diseases in Savannah, Georgia, where he remained until his death in 1957, aged 67 years.[5] 6 years after McLean passed away he was awarded a plaque by the Upjohn Company to Johns Hopkins School of Medicine for his work in the discovery of heparin as a second-year medical student.[5]
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