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Ruined in New York, Halsted went to Baltimore, where a friend at Johns Hopkins Hospital brought him into the fold. At Hopkins, Halsted attained greatness, becoming a slower, more methodical surgeon who, while actively concealing his addictions — and earning a reputation as an enigmatic recluse — transformed the entire field.
William Stewart Halsted developed a novel residency training program at Johns Hopkins Hospital that, with some modifications, became the model for surgical and medical residency training in North America.
- James R. Wright, Norman S. Schachar
- 10.1503/cjs.003319
- 2020
- Can J Surg. 2020 Feb; 63(1): E13-E18.
Jun 2, 2018 · Johns Hopkins Hospital. June 2, 2018 By Nancy Sheads in Baltimore City, Hospitals. Founded: May 7, 1889 Location: Broadway and Monument. Built on the site of the Maryland Hospital for the Insane, Baltimore, MD.
Halsted returned to Baltimore in early 1888, and, after the endorsements of Welch and Osler to the trustees, was later appointed surgeon in chief to The Johns Hopkins dispensary and acting surgeon at the hospital for 1 year.
William Stewart Halsted (figure 1) was one of the most influential pioneers of surgery in the USA. His achievements varied widely and contributed to the many aspects of surgery he focused on throughout his career.
- Michael P Osborne
- 2007
Oct 1, 2014 · Using injected cocaine, Halsted invented regional anesthesia, doing peripheral nerve blocks on basically every trunk and branch that he could reach, working with a cohort of fellow practitioners and medical students. Before long, Halsted and most of his cohorts were unwittingly addicted.
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Halsted learned much of the technique of thyroidectomy for Graves’ disease from his European mentor, Theodor Kocher (1841–1917),16 whom he visited many times and who was probably the world's foremost thyroid surgeon in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
