Tom Shires
Surgeon, Academic
1925 – 2007
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Who was Tom Shires?
George Thomas Shires was an American trauma surgeon. He is known for his research on shock, which initiated the current practice of giving saline to trauma and surgical patients. He operated on John Connally and Lee Harvey Oswald after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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- Born
- Nov 22, 1925
Waco - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Texas at Austin
- Employment
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Texas Tech University
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Washington
- Cornell University
- Died
- Oct 18, 2007
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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