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The genesis of academic neurosurgery. Part II: the contribution of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine leaders
La génesis de la Neurocirugía Académica. Parte II: La contribución de los líderes de la escuela de Medicina del Johns Hopkins.
Ramiro D Lobato1,2,
, Alfonso Lagares1,2,3, Igor Paredes1,2,3, Ana M Castaño-Leon1,2,3, Pablo M Munarriz1,2,3, Irene Panero1,2,3
1 Servicio de Neurocirugía. Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España
2 Departamento de Cirugía. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, España
3 Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias Hospital 12 de Octubre, imas12, Madrid, España
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Se describe la influencia de los líderes de la escuela de Medicina del Johns Hopkins en la génesis de la Neurocirugía Académica en Norteamérica. Un influjo que se vehiculó a través de Harvey Cushing y Walter Dandy que se formaron en ella en el giro de siglo XIX-XX. Se analizan también las interrelaciones personales y profesionales entre todos ellos que no siempre fueron armoniosas. Se describen la conformación del primitivo programa de residencia, que se difundió por todo el país, y el debate acerca de cuales debían ser sus contenidos y cual el número de neurocirujanos a entrenar. También se describen los esfuerzos para crear la primera sociedad neuroquirúrgica en América (la Society of Neurological Surgeons).

Palabras clave:
neurocirugía
Escuela Johns Hopkins
Osler
Cushing
Halsted
Dandy
Society of Neurological Surgeons
Abstract

This paper describes the influence of the Jonhs Hopkins School of Medicine on the origin of academic neurosurgery in America. The impact, arising from two of the founders, W Osler and W Halsted, was vehiculated by their direct pupils Harvey Cushing and Walter Dandy. The relationships between all these pionners (sometimes stormy) are analized along with the development of the primitive residency program and the efforts to create the first neurosurgical society (the Society of Neurological Surgeons).

Keywords:
neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Osler
Cushing
Halsted
Dandy

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