Kermit E. Krantz Explained

Kermit E. Krantz
Birth Name:Kermit Edward Krantz
Birth Date:4 June 1923
Birth Place:Oak Park, Illinois, US
Death Place:Prairie Village, Kansas, US
Alma Mater:Northwestern University
Occupation:Obstetrician and gynecologist
Spouse:Doris Cole (c. 1945–2007; his death)

Kermit Edward Krantz (June 4, 1923 – July 30, 2007)[1] was a surgeon, inventor and faculty member at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He is most known as the co-developer of the Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz (MMK), a medical procedure for stress urinary incontinence which he performed over 5000 times. He served as Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He was largely credited with desegregating the maternity ward of that hospital in the 1960s.[2]

Personal life

Krantz, an identical twin and the youngest of eight children, was born June 4, 1923, in Oak Park, Illinois. He worked his way through school college and medical school performing research, curating a museum for Northwestern University anatomy professor Leslie Arey, and selling newspapers, as he had lost both of his parents by the age of 13.

He was married to Doris Cole (1920–2014) for 62 years.[3]

Krantz died on July 30, 2007, in Kansas City, Kansas, from the complications of a stroke.

Academics and work history

Awards, honors, and service

Innovations

Beyond the MMK, Krantz held four patents,[14] including:

Sources

Notes and References

  1. News: Obituaries – Kermit E. Krantz . . 1 August 2007 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201324/http://www.legacy.com/KansasCity/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=91819956 . 27 September 2007 .
  2. Web site: Center Express . In Memoriam . August 2007 .
  3. News: Obituary: Doris Cole Krantz. Kansas City Star. 16 March 2014. https://archive.today/20170303101804/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansascity/obituary.aspx?pid=170181907. 3 March 2017. Legacy.com.
  4. http://www2.kumc.edu/publications/centerexpress/080207.pdf Publications
  5. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110710174732/http://www2.kumc.edu/aa/fa/pdf/ListAllProfship.pdf . 2011-07-10 . dead .
  6. Web site: American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society . Agosonline.org . 2013-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120317084911/http://www.agosonline.org/history/foundation-prizes.asp . 2012-03-17 . dead .
  7. Web site: Air Force Section . ACOG . 2012-10-07 . 2013-01-21.
  8. Web site: OPRF . Oprfhs.org . 2012-11-30 . 2013-01-21.
  9. Web site: SMCAF Past Officers. smcaf.org. 1 September 2023.
  10. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160315041320/https://www.apgo.org/binary/WYETH06.pdf . 2016-03-15 . dead .
  11. http://www.apgo.org/foundation/index.cfm/cat/foundation%20awards/objid/0003C091-A765-1B1B-820A9EEF40F4B4F2.htm Foundation awards
  12. https://www.northwestern.edu/magazine//summer2008/classnotes/inmemoriam.html In Memoriam
  13. https://web.archive.org/web/20060902010508/http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/ar2005/content/education/did_you_know.html discover : education
  14. Web site: Patent Database Search Results: IN/"krantz, kermit e" in US Patent Collection . 2007-08-03 . 2017-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170305061759/http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TERM1=krantz%2C+kermit+e&FIELD1=INNM&co1=AND&TERM2=&FIELD2=&d=PTXT . dead .