Mark M. Ravitch
Mark Mitchell Ravitch (September 12, 1910 – March 1, 1989)
Early life and education
Ravitch was born in 1910 in
Career
During the Second World War he served as an army major directing a team of surgeons at the 56th General Hospital in France. He returned to Johns Hopkins at the conclusion of the war, becoming a professor of surgery in 1946.
Ravitch moved to New York City in 1952 as a professor of surgery at
Ravitch spent three years at the
Legacy
Ravitch served as president of the American Surgical Association in 1983–1984.[2] During the course of his career he published 453 papers, 101 book chapters and 22 books, and was the editor of 20 medical journals.[3] He is regarded as one of the founders of the subspecialty of pediatric surgery, and he and Félicien Steichen are credited with introducing surgical staples to the United States.[1] He was regarded as an authority on the treatment of various deformities of the chest wall.[2] In 1985, Johns Hopkins University established the Mark M. Ravitch, M.D. Endowed Professorship in Surgery.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Mark M. Ravitch Papers 1932-1989 – Biography". United States National Library of Medicine. 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Fowler, Glenn (March 4, 1989). "Mark M. Ravitch Is Dead at 78; A Surgeon, Professor and Author". The New York Times. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ a b "Mark M. Ravitch, M.D. Endowed Professorship in Surgery". Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
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