- Allen Whipple
Allen Oldfather Whipple (
September 2 ,1881 –April 6 ,1963 ) was an American surgeon who is known for thepancreatic cancer operation which bears his name (theWhipple procedure ) as well asWhipple's triad .Whipple was born in
Urmia ,Iran (then called Persia). He received his M.D. from theColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1908, and was licensed to practice medicine in the state of New York on February 4, 1910 ( [http://www.nysed.gov/coms/op001/opscr2?profcd=60&plicno=010151 NY License #10151] ). He became professor of surgery atColumbia University where he served from 1921 to 1946. He began work on the procedure for resection of thepancreas (pancreaticoduodenectomy) in 1935 and his original technique has since been modified greatly. In 1940, he shortened the procedure into a one-stage process.During his lifetime, Whipple performed 37 pancreaticoduodenectomies.
He also is known for developing the diagnostic triad for
insulinoma known asWhipple's triad .Whipple later became president of the American College of Physicians and Surgeons. He also was trustee of
Princeton University and was a recipient of the 1958 Woodrow Wilson Award.References
*Whipple AO. Observations on radical surgery for lesions of the pancreas. Surg Gyn Obst 1946;82:62.
* [http://genweb.whipple.org/d0329/I24559.html Whipple Website: Allen Oldfather Whipple]
* [http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/news/review/archives/medrev_v1n1_0006.html The Whipple Procedure, by John A. Chabot, M.D.]
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