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Harold James Charles ‘Jeremy’ Swan (1922 – 2005) 680
Jeremy Swan
  • Abdullah Shehzad and Mike Cadogan
  • July 21, 2022

Harold James Charles 'Jeremy' Swan (1922 – 2005) was an was an Irish cardiologist. Co-invented the Swan-Ganz catheter with William Ganz in 1970

  • AnaesthesiologyEponym
Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Jr. (1895-1973) 680
Dickinson W. Richards
  • Abdullah Shehzad and Mike Cadogan
  • July 21, 2022

Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Jr. (1895 - 1973) Nobel Laureate and celebrated American Physician. Famously known for his work in development of cardiac catherisation and physiology with André Frédéric Cournand and Werner Theodore Otto Forßman.

  • CardiologyEponym
Werner Theodore Otto Forßman (1904-1979) 680
Werner Forssmann
  • Abdullah Shehzad and Mike Cadogan
  • July 22, 2022

Werner Theodore Otto Forßman (1904 - 1979) was a German Doctor, Nobel Laureate and a pioneer of interventional cardiology.

  • CardiologyEponymIntensive Care
Nancy Burton Esterly (1935 - 2017) 340
Nancy B. Esterly
  • Kathryn Scott and Mike Cadogan
  • November 3, 2020

Nancy Burton Esterly (1935 - 2017) was an American pediatric dermatologist. Esterly-McKusick syndrome (1971)

  • DermatologyEponym
Dock’s murmur 340
Dock’s murmur
  • Andrew Robbins and Mike Cadogan
  • March 7, 2022

Dock’s murmur: Early diastolic murmur when there is a severe stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery. 1967 William Dock

  • CardiologyEponymictionary
Pac Man FFFF 340
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 325
  • Neil Long
  • November 3, 2020

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 325 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind the medical trivia FFFF

  • FFFF
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Head CT evaluation
  • Oliver Flower
  • July 14, 2021

Gerrie Potgieter gives a fantastic 7 min intro into how to decipher a CT brain imaging.

  • Clinical Crit CareRadiology
William Dock (1898-1990) 680
William Dock
  • Mike Cadogan
  • October 19, 2023

William Dock (1898-1990) American cardiologist, irascible visionary whose prophetic warnings bucked convention. Dock's murmur, Dock's Law

  • CardiologyEponym
Thomas Stephen Cullen (1869-1953) 680
Thomas S. Cullen
  • Mike Cadogan
  • January 14, 2022

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

  • EponymGeneral SurgeryObstetrics Gynaecology
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Large-scale trials in intensive care
  • Oliver Flower
  • July 14, 2021

Large-scale clinical trials are expensive and take years to go. Do they generate patient and economic benefit that justifies the cost of trials?

  • Clinical Crit Care
Pirkko Santavuori (1933 - 2004) 340
Pirkko Santavuori
  • Jenny Stuart-Smith and Mike Cadogan
  • November 3, 2020

Pirkko Santavuori (1933 - 2004) was a Finnish paediatric neurologist. Infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (INCL) [Santavuori disease]

  • EponymNeurologyPediatrics
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How to team
  • Oliver Flower
  • July 15, 2021

Bec Nogajski takes you on a 20 minute journey about YOU. How you team, how you follow, and what leadership style would work for you.

  • Clinical Crit Care
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