Memorial Address

Address at a memorial service.

We are met here to-day, all of us friends and many of us colleagues of George Frederic Still, in testimony of our sorrow at his passing, but also in proud recollection of his work and character. This is not the time to speak of his professional achievements; it is enough to say that he was universally recognized, not only in this country but throughout the world, as a master in that branch of m...

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Memorial address to Dr. Isabelle Rapin.

Dr. Isabelle Rapin passed away on May 25, 2017. She was a highly skilled clinical pediatric neurologist, a great teacher who mentored and trained many pediatric neurologists and professionals in her field, and a respectable clinical researcher. She defined herself as an academic clinical investigator in her ‘‘Memoir” published in Brain & Development (Brain Dev 33:450–453, 2011 and 33:537–540, 2...

Memorial address for Togo Horiuchi (1924-2012).

The late Dr. Togo Horiuchi significantly contributed to the establishment and development of the Tohoku University Cardiovascular Surgery Department. Although the history of cardiovascular surgery in the Tohoku University School of Medicine began in the latter half of 1950s, full-fledged operation began after the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department was established in 1971 with the cooperation of ...

Memorial address for Carlos M. G. Duran, M.D., Ph.D.

Prof. Carlos G. Duran (Fig 1) passed away on his 85th birthday, June 11th. He and his wife had returned to their family home in Bilbao this spring due to his failing health. Prof. Duran was born in Tetuan, Morocco in 1932 as the son of a Belgian mother and a Spanish father who was a general surgeon. Prof. Duran completed his M.D. at Madrid University in 1956, followed by a residency in General ...