Category Obstetrics Gynaecology
Eugen Bogdan Aburel (1899-1975) 680

Eugen Aburel

Eugen Bogdan Aburel (1899-1975), Romanian obstetrician and gynaecologist. Pioneer of continuous epidural analgesia, and fertility-sparing cancer surgery

Walter Stoeckel (1871–1961) 680

Walter Stoeckel

Walter Stoeckel (1871–1961), German gynaecologist who advanced caudal epidural analgesia in labour (1909) and shaped radical vaginal surgery and teaching.

James Marion Sims (1813-1883) 680

James Marion Sims

American gynecologist James Marion Sims (1813-1883) pioneered vesicovaginal fistula surgery but remains controversial for non-consensual experiments on enslaved women.

Meigs syndrome 680

Meigs syndrome

Meigs syndrome: Triad of ascites with hydrothorax in association with benign ovarian tumor, that is cured after tumor resection. Described in 1934 by Joe Vincent Meigs (1892-1963)

Joe Vincent Meigs (1892-1963) 680

Joe Vincent Meigs

Joe Vincent Meigs (1892-1963) American gynaecologic oncology. Meigs syndrome, radical hysterectomy innovations and validation of Pap smear screening.

Leonardo Gigli (1863-1908)

Leonardo Gigli

Leonardo Gigli (1863-1908) was an Italian surgeon and gynaecologist. Inventor of the Gigli saw for lateralised pubiotomy

Thomas Stephen Cullen (1869-1953) 680

Thomas S. Cullen

Thomas Stephen Cullen (1869 – 1953) was a Canadian gynecologist. Eponymously affiliated with Cullen sign (1918)

Oskar Kreis (1872–1958) 680

Oskar Kreis

Oskar Kreis (1872–1958), Swiss obstetrician who pioneered obstetric spinal analgesia with intrathecal cocaine (1900), enabling forceps delivery and shaping neuraxial practice

Harold Leeming Sheehan (1900-1988) 680

Harold Sheehan

Harold Leeming Sheehan (1900-1988) was an English physician and pathologist. Eponymously remembered for his description of Sheehan Syndrome in 1937