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Sun Oct 21 04:28:16 BST 2007

Dr Mattox,

A fitting tribute to an incredible man.  He will be missed.

RD

> From: KMATTOX at aol.com> Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:58:41 -0400> To: trauma-list at trauma.org> CC: SURGINET at listserv.utoronto.ca> Subject: Dr. Tom Shires> > It is with deep sadness that I share with you the death of a giant of a > surgical leader, Dr. G. Tom Shires. He died in Las Vegas of complications of a > fierce cancer two days ago. > > Dr. Shires made countless sentinel contributions to the surgical literature, > surgical research, surgical leadership, surgical education, and organized > surgery. > > He was one of the youngest surgical chairs ever, doing fantastic work in > fluid and electrolytes and burn care. He assembled one of the very finest > surgical faculty ever while he was at Parkland in Dallas. His Dr. Malcolm > Perry was the first vascular fellow ever. He flew from Galveston to Dallas at > the time of the Kennedy Assassination. He operated on Lee Harvey Oswald. > He went to Seattle where he was chairman at the University of > Washington, and later went to NYC where he established a fantastic surgery program. > Later he moved to Lubbock Texas as Chair of the Texas Tech Department of > Surgery, and still later went to the University of Nevada Department of Surgery > where he established a fantastic research program. He was president of > numerous surgical professional organizations. > > He was a fantastic surgeon, researcher, teacher, and friend. > > Kenneth L. Mattox, MD> > > > ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com> --> trauma-list : TRAUMA.ORG> To change your settings or unsubscribe visit:> http://www.trauma.org/index.php?/community/
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