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Salvador Gil Vernet (1892-1987) 680
Salvador Gil Vernet
  • Samuel Brockbank and Mike Cadogan
  • February 19, 2026

Salvador Gil Vernet (1892-1987), Spanish urologist. pioneer of functional pelvic anatomy, prostate zonal theory, continence mechanisms and anatomy-led urological surgery.

  • AnaesthesiologyEponymUrology
James Leonard Corning (1855-1923) 680
J. Leonard Corning
  • Alex Johnson and Mike Cadogan
  • February 25, 2026

James Leonard Corning (1855 - 1923) was an American neurologist. Epidural block (1885); Regional anaesthesia (1885)

  • AnaesthesiologyEponymNeurology
TUOHY NEEDLE 680
Tuohy Needle
  • Lowri Bowen and Mike Cadogan
  • February 4, 2026

Tuohy needle: directional neuraxial needle enabling continuous spinal and epidural catheter techniques, based on the original Huber-point design.

  • EponymictionaryEquipment
Ralph Lee Huber (1889-1953) 680
Ralph Huber
  • Lowri Bowen and Mike Cadogan
  • February 2, 2026

Ralph L Huber (1890-1953) was an American Dentist and inventor. Created Huber-point needle (1943, patent 1945) commonly known as TUOHY needle

  • EponymEquipment
Edward Boyce Tuohy (1908-1959) 680
Edward Tuohy
  • Lowri Bowen and Mike Cadogan
  • February 4, 2026

Edward Boyce Tuohy (1908 – 1959) American anaesthesiologist. Best known for contribution to continuous epidural anaesthesia; Tuohy needle

  • AnaesthesiologyEponym
SAPB Evidence-based Education Package 2025 680
Serratus Anterior Plane Block
  • Chris Partyka
  • December 3, 2025

FOAMed serratus anterior plane block (SAPB) education package for ED rib fractures: evidence-based indications, sonoanatomy, procedure and safety.

  • Procedure
Rolland John Whitacre (1909-1956) 680
Rolland J. Whitacre
  • Fergus Brown and Mike Cadogan
  • February 6, 2026

Rolland John Whitacre (1909–1956), American anesthesiologist and inventor of the pencil-point spinal needle that reduced post-dural puncture headache.

  • AnaesthesiologyEponym
Robert Frank Hustead (1928-2008) 680 2
Robert F. Hustead
  • Fergus Brown and Mike Cadogan
  • February 6, 2026

Robert Frank Hustead (1928-2008), American anaesthesiologist; refined epidural needle design, helped establish obstetric and ophthalmic anaesthesia subspecialties

  • AnaesthesiologyEponym
Oral Bascom Crawford Jr (1921–2008) 680
Oral B. Crawford
  • Samuel Brockbank and Mike Cadogan
  • February 19, 2026

Oral Bascom Crawford Jr (1921–2008), American anesthesiologist. Early advocate of thoracic epidural anesthesia, inventor of the Crawford needle, and prilocaine investigator.

  • AnaesthesiologyEponym
Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke (1842-1922) 680 1
Heinrich Quincke
  • Gary Zhang and Mike Cadogan
  • March 3, 2026

German physician Heinrich Quincke (1842–1922) pioneered lumbar puncture and described Quincke’s pulse, oedema, triad, and more thus shaping modern clinical medicine

  • CardiologyEponym
August Karl Gustav Bier (1861-1949) 680
August Bier
  • Alex Johnson and Mike Cadogan
  • March 3, 2026

August Karl Gustav Bier (1861-1949) German Surgeon. Used Esmarch tourniquet forming the basis of his eponymous Bier block regional anaesthesia

  • AnaesthesiologyEponym
Oskar Kreis (1872–1958) 680
Oskar Kreis
  • Mike Cadogan
  • March 3, 2026

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

  • EponymObstetrics Gynaecology
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