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Harvey Cushing
Harvey Cushing in 1938
Born
Harvey Williams Cushing
(1869-04-08)April 8, 1869
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Died
October 7, 1939(1939-10-07) (aged 70)
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Education
Yale University (BA) Harvard University (MD)
Years active
1895–1935
Known for
Pioneering brain surgery
Cushing's syndrome
Children
5, including Mary, Betsey, and Barbara
Medical career
Profession
Surgeon
neurosurgeon, medical writer
Institutions
Private practice (Baltimore) Johns Hopkins Hospital (Associate Professor of Surgery, c. 1891) Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and (surgeon-in-chief) Harvard Medical Yale School of Medicine (Sterling Professor of Medicine in Neurology, 1933-1937)
Awards
Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1924) Pulitzer Prize (1926) Lister Medal (1930)
Harvey Williams Cushing (April 8, 1869 – October 7, 1939) was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman. A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease. He wrote a biography of physician William Osler in three volumes.
first person to describe Cushing's disease. He wrote a biography of physician William Osler in three volumes. HarveyCushing was born in Cleveland, Ohio...
Cushing reflex (also referred to as the vasopressor response, the Cushing effect, the Cushing reaction, the Cushing phenomenon, the Cushing response,...
Paley. Barbara Cushing Mortimer Paley, born Barbara Cushing in Boston, Massachusetts, was the daughter of renowned brain surgeon HarveyCushing, who belonged...
A Cushing ulcer, named after HarveyCushing, is a gastric ulcer associated with elevated intracranial pressure. It is also called von Rokitansky–Cushing...
William S. Paley. She also had two brothers, William HarveyCushing and Henry Kirke Cushing. Cushing was a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and...
May 6, 1932, the HarveyCushing Society held its first meeting in Boston. Twenty-three people attended, many of whom were Cushing's colleagues and neurosurgical...
later was described in the 18th century by Emanuel Swedenborg. In 1914, HarveyCushing demonstrated that CSF is secreted by the choroid plexus. In humans,...
first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease. HarveyCushing was laid down on 5 September 1943, under a Maritime Commission...
neurosurgeon Harvey Williams Cushing and his wife, Katharine Stone Crowell, who hailed from a socially prominent Cleveland family. Dr. Cushing, who was descended...
wrote biographies of physicians Frederick Banting, William Osler and HarveyCushing. Bliss was a frequent commentator on political events and issues. He...
for the school is Yale New Haven Hospital. The school is home to the HarveyCushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, one of the largest modern medical...
[citation needed] The modern term of "meningioma" was used first by HarveyCushing (1869–1939) in 1922, to describe a set of tumors that occur throughout...
manifest as disorders such as Cushing syndrome. The most common endocrine gland manifestation is an ACTH-independent Cushing's syndrome due to primary pigmented...
donated his collection of books to HarveyCushing for its inclusion in what would become the Yale University's HarveyCushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library...
easily-usable version in 1896. In 1901, pioneering neurosurgeon Dr. HarveyCushing brought an example of Riva-Rocci's device to the US, modernized and...
Book Library has a large collection of rare books and manuscripts. The HarveyCushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library includes important historical medical...
disease" due to studies by the pioneering forefather in neurosurgery HarveyCushing involving 123 cases of TN during 1896 and 1912. In those studies it...
Margaret Kennard, who experimented on monkeys during the 1930-40s. HarveyCushing (1869–1939) is recognised as the first proficient brain surgeon in the...
glioblastoma multiforme was introduced in 1926 by Percival Bailey and HarveyCushing, based on the idea that the tumor originates from primitive precursors...
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