Harvey Williams Cushing
Physician
1869 – 1939
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Who was Harvey Williams Cushing?
Harvey Williams Cushing was an American neurosurgeon. A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first person to describe Cushing's syndrome. He is often called the "father of modern neurosurgery."
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- Born
- Apr 8, 1869
Cleveland - Also known as
- Dr. Harvey Cushing
- Harvey Cushing
- Parents
- Spouses
- Katharine Crowell Cushing
(1902/06/10 - )
- Katharine Crowell Cushing
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard Medical School
- Yale University
- Yale School of Medicine
- Harvard University
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Employment
- Yale School of Medicine
- Harvard Medical School
- Yale University
- Lived in
- Boston
- Cleveland
- Baltimore
- Died
- Oct 7, 1939
New Haven
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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