Founders
AAGL honors the men and women who originally founded the AAGL at the beginning of the 1970s. These leaders were responsible for shaping the tools, technology, and methodology of the field, and for bringing together like-minded surgeons who believed in a less invasive approach to surgery:
FOUNDERS
‡Jordan M. Phillips, M.D. |
‡Louis G. Keith, M.D. |
Jacques E. Rioux, M.D. |
Richard M. Soderstrom, M.D. |
CHARTER MEMBERS
Donald N. Adler, M.D S. J. Behrmain, MA Joseph H. Bellina, M.D. George Berci, M.D., FACS. W.P. Block, M.D. James L. Breen, M.D. Philip G. Brooks, M.D. Kamheang Chaturachinda, M.D. Michel Cognat, M.D. Melvin R. Cohen, M.D. Stephen L. Corson, M.D. Norman G. Courey, M.D. ‡W. Dow Edgerton |
‡Hans Frangenheim, M.D. Bernard Z. Gore, M.D. ‡Jaroslav F. Hulka, M.D. Robert Israel, M.D. ‡W.I. H. Johnston, M.B. ‡Carl J. Levinson, M.D. John M. Levinson, M.D. Jaroslav J. Marik, M.D. James J. McClure, M.D. F.C. Menken, M.D. Jack P. Mercer, M.D. ‡Raoul Palmer, M.D. ‡David Pent, M.D. |
Padma Rao, M.D. J. Alfred Rider, M.D. Jack R. Robinson, M.D. ‡Maxwell Roland, M.D. Burton H. Smith, M.D. Robert Stepto, M.D. ‡Mr. Patrick C. Steptoe Marshall B. Taylor, M.D. Leland G. Whitson, M.D. Preston P. Williams, M.D. ‡J. Benjamin Younger, M.D. Serge Zakarian, M.D. |