American Surgical Association Explained

The American Surgical Association is the oldest surgical organization in the United States.^[1]

History

It was founded in 1880.^[2] Their publication, Annals of Surgery, was started in 1885.^[3]

A collection of the association's papers are held at the National Library of Medicine.

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• Samuel D. Gross (1880)^[4]
• Edward Mott Moore (1883)
• William Thompson Briggs (1884)
• Moses Gunn (1885)
• Hunter McGuire (1886)
• David Hayes Agnew (1887)
• David Williams Cheever (1888)
• David W. Yandell (1889)
• Claudius Henry Mastin (1890)
• Phineas Sanborn Conner (1891)
• Nicholas Senn (1892)
• James Ewing Mears (1893)
• Frederic Shepard Dennis (1894)
• Louis McLane Tiffany (1895)
• John Collins Warren (1896)
• Theodore F. Prewitt (1897)
• William W. Keen (1898)
• Robert F. Weir (1899)
• Roswell Park (1900)
• Deforest Willard (1901)
• Maurice H. Richardson (1902)
• Nathaniel P. Dandridge (1903)
• George Ben Johnston (1904)
• Albert Vander Veer (1905)
• Dudley Peter Allen (1906)
• William H. Carmalt (1907)
• C. B. De Nancre´ De (1908)
• Rudolph Matas (1909)
• Richard H. Harte (1910)
• Arpad G. Gerster (1911)
• Charles A. Powers (1912)
• William James Mayo (1913)
• George E. Armstrong (1914)
• Robert G. Leconte (1915)
• Samuel J. Mixter (1916)
• Thomas W. Huntington (1917)
• Lewis S. Pilcher (1918)
• George Emerson Brewer (1919)
• John B. Roberts (1920)
• John Miller Turpin Finney (1921)
• L. L. McArthur (1922)
• George Washington Crile (1923)
• Albert J. Ochsner (1924)
• John H. Gibbon Sr. (1925)
• Harvey Cushing (1926)
• Emmet Rixford (1927)
• Ellsworth Eliot Jr. (1928)
• Fred B. Lund (1929)
• Alexander Primrose (1930)
• Charles Horace Mayo (1931)
• Arthur Dean Bevan (1932)
• Daniel Fiske Jones (1933)
• Edward William Archibald (1934)
• Eugene H. Pool (1935)
• Evarts Ambrose Graham (1936)
• Arthur W. Elting (1937)
• Dallas B. Phemister (1938)
• Allen Whipple (1939)
• David Cheever (1940)
• Harvey B. Stone (1941)
• Vernon C. David (1942)
• Frederick A. Coller (1943)
• William Darrach (1944–45)
• Edward Delos Churchill (1946)
• Elliott Cutler (1947)
• William Gallie (1947)
• Fred Wharton Rankin (1948)
• Thomas G. Orr (1949)
• Samuel Clark Harvey (1950)
• Daniel C. Elkin (1951)
• Robert S. Dinsmore (1952)
• Howard Christian Naffziger (1953)
• John Heysham Gibbon (1954)
• Alfred Blalock (1955)
• Loyal Davis (1956)
• John H. Mulholland (1957)
• I. S. Ravdin (1958)
• Warren Henry Cole (1959)
• John D. Stewart (1960)
• J. Englebert Dunphy (1961)
• Oliver Cope (1962)
• Warfield M. Firor (1963)
• Robert M. Zollinger (1964)
• Leland S. McKittrick (1965)
• Oscar Creech Jr. (1966)
• William P. Longmire Jr. (1967)
• Owen Harding Wangensteen (1968)
• William A. Altemeier (1969)
• William D. Holden (1970)
• Francis Daniels Moore (1971)
• Jonathan E. Rhoads (1972)
• H. William Scott Jr. (1973)
• William H. Muller Jr. (1974)
• James Hardy (1975)
• Claude E. Welch (1976)
• David Sabiston (1977)
• Oliver H. Beahrs (1978)
• Tom Shires (1979)
• James V. Maloney Jr. (1980)
• C. Rollins Hanlon (1981)
• W. Dean Warren (1982)
• Mark M. Ravitch (1983)
• Eugene M. Bricker (1984)
• W. Gerald Austen (1985)
• Charles George Drake (1986)
• Henry T. Bahnson (1987)
• John Najarian (1988)
• John A. Mannick (1989)
• Robert Zeppa (1990)
• James C. Thompson (1991)
• Lloyd D. MacLean (1992)
• Seymour I. Schwartz (1993)
• George F. Sheldon (1994)
• Samuel A. Wells Jr. (1995)
• Clyde F. Barker (1996)
• Frank C. Spencer (1997)
• Lazar J. Greenfield (1998)
• Basil A. Pruitt Jr. (1999)
• John L. Cameron (2000)
• Haile Debas (2001)
• Murray Brennan (2002)
• R. Scott Jones (2003)
• Hiram Polk (2004)
• Carlos Alberto Pellegrini (2005)
• Jay L. Grosfeld (2006)
• Courtney M. Townsend Jr. (2007)
• Anthony D. Whittemore (2008)
• Donald Trunkey (2009)
• Kirby I. Bland (2010)
• Timothy J. Eberlein (2011)
• L.D. Britt (2012)
• Layton F. Rikkers (2013)
• Anna M. Ledgerwood (2014)
• James S. Economou (2015)
• Keith D. Lillemoe (2016)
• Ronald V. Maier (2017)
• E. Christopher Ellison (2018)
• Robin S. McLeod (2019, 2020)
• Selwyn M. Vickers (2021)^[5]
• Diana L. Farmer (2022) ^[6]

Awards

• American Surgical Association Foundation Fellowship Research Award
• ASA Medallion for Scientific Achievement
• ASA Flance-Karl Award

External links

• American Surgical Association Archives (1878-2009)—National Library of Medicine finding aid

Notes and References

1. Web site: ASA: Mission Statement. americansurgical.org. 2017-08-06.
2. News: American Surgical Association lauds VUMC's Beauchamp. Vanderbilt University. 2018-01-03. en.
3. Book: Journals of the Century. Cole. Jim. Stankus. Tony. 2014-02-25. Routledge. 9781317720140. en.
4. Web site: ASA: Past Presidents. americansurgical.org. 2019-04-17.
5. Web site: ASA: Past Officers. americansurgical.org.
6. Web site: ASA: Council. americansurgical.org. 2022-04-12.