Lorenz Böhler
Lorenz Böhler (1885-1973) Austrian trauma surgeon, founder of organised accident care, Böhler angle, and controversial Nazi-era figure.
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Ivan Magill
Sir Ivan Magill (1888-1986) Irish anaesthetist, pioneered endotracheal anaesthesia. Magill forceps, laryngoscope and curve.
Albert Henry Freiberg
Albert Henry Freiberg (1868-1940), American orthopaedic surgeon who described Freiberg infraction and helped advance orthopaedics and disability rehabilitation.
Benjamin Babington
Benjamin Guy Babington (1794–1866) developed the glottiscope in 1829 and made pioneering contributions to epidemiology, blood chemistry and hereditary epistaxis.
George Kovacs
George Kovacs: Canadian emergency physician, airway educator and AIME co-founder known for the Kovacs sign, cadaver training and airway guidelines.
Ernst Baumann
Ernst Baumann (1890-1978). Swiss surgeon and traumatologist associated with the Baumann angle, elbow fracture care and the founding of the AO.
C. H. Joseph Chang
C. H. Joseph Chang (1929–2017), Korean-American radiologist known for Chang sign and pioneering work in mammography and dedicated breast CT imaging.
Felix Fleischner
Felix Fleischner (1893–1969), Austrian-American chest radiologist known for Fleischner sign, Fleischner lines and the Fleischner Society.
John J. Gartland
John Joseph Gartland (1918-2016), American orthopaedic surgeon. Gartland classification and Gartland–Werley score for fracture outcomes.
Nils Westermark
Nils Westermark (1892–1980), Swedish radiologist and Olympic silver medallist, remembered for the Westermark sign in pulmonary embolism.
Antonio Palla
Antonio Palla (born 1949), Italian respiratory physician known for Palla sign and major contributions to pulmonary embolism and respiratory medicine.
Aubrey Hampton
Aubrey Otis Hampton (1900–1955), American radiologist known for Hampton hump and Hampton line, with major contributions to chest and clinical radiology.