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Dr Anthony Dobell, Legendary McGill Trailblazer: May 7, 1927, to June 17, 2015
1Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|December 15, 2015
Abstract:
Anthony R. C. Dobell died on June 17, 2015, at the age of 88. Dobell was the first Canadian president of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. He was a pioneer in the development of pediatric and adult cardiac surgery at McGill University. He was inspired by Dr John Gibbon during his residency training at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He developed a McGill-based residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery and always took pride in the legacy of more than 40 residents scattered throughout North America.
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