Stanley Dudrick
American surgeon
Why Is Stanley Dudrick Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Stanley John Dudrick was a surgeon who pioneered the use of total parenteral nutrition . Early life and education Dudrick was born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, the grandson of Polish immigrants. His father was a coal miner and his mother a factory worker. At age seven he decided to become a doctor after seeing the care his mother received during a serious illness. He graduated Franklin and Marshall College in 1957. Graduating cum laude with a degree in biology with honors, he was awarded the Williamson Medal, the highest honor for student achievement. His first research project, done in college, was growing tomato plants and studying the effects of magnesium doses in the soil. In an interview, Dudrick stated: The entire ethos of Franklin & Marshall College infected me and transformed me from a kid from the coal regions to an avid would-be scholar. They just imbued in me the importance of knowledge, that nothing was more precious than to gain knowledge and then to pass it on to others. He received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
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