The Department of Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina (1824-2010)

摘要

[...] 1937, the surgical faculty consisted entirely of physicians in the private practice of surgery in Charleston (as was the case with the entire Medical College of South Carolina faculty). During his tenure, Charleston County Hospital and the Veterans Administration Hospital opened (1966); the Annual Postgraduate Course in Surgery was begun (1967); the first kidney transplant was done (1968); the plastic surgery residency program was approved (1967) and plastic surgery became a separate division under the leadership of J. S.n Basic science research in the Department of Surgery has continued to increase under Dr. Cole's leadership and occupies 92 1 2 square feet of research space.