@article{51cc802900ca4288a593b231e5acd5dd,
title = "John L. Cameron: A Historical Perspective",
abstract = "John Lemuel Cameron is one of the most influential surgeons of modern American surgery and has had a profound impact on shaping its current global landscape. He served as the president of 14 surgical societies and 4 of his presidential addresses focused on the lives of surgeons who he believed had made an exceptional contribution to the field of surgery: Harvey William Cushing, William Stewart Halsted, John Shaw Billings, and John Miller Turpin Finney. Many parallels can be drawn between these surgeons and Dr. Cameron. This paper describes Dr. Cameron's career in the context of the 4 legendary surgeons, about whom he chose to base his presidential addresses.",
keywords = "Harvey Cushing, John Billings, John Cameron, John Finney, William Halsted, historical perspective",
author = "Javed, {Ammar A.} and Weiss, {Matthew J.}",
note = "Funding Information: Dr. Cameron was appointed as an assistant professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins in 1971. As a true general surgeon, he established a diverse surgical practice that included breast, upper and lower gastrointestinal, thoracic, and vascular procedures. Academically, he obtained numerous grants from the NIH, many of which focused on pancreatitis. By this time, the virtues of his hard work, passion toward surgery, and leadership had been well established. His exceptional dedication to his career saw him rise the academic ranks in a short period: becoming an associate professor in 1974 and a full professor in 1978. His clinical acumen and performance as an academic surgeon resulted in national acclaim and he soon became a household name in American surgery. As a result, he was offered numerous positions as the chair of surgery at well-established institutions. His love for Hopkins, as well as his wife Doris{\textquoteright} desire to stay in Baltimore, factored into him never leaving. By the late 1970s, Dr. Cameron had established himself as a prominent faculty member and it was evident to his colleagues and mentors that he was ready to take a leadership position. Dr. Zuidema was preparing to retire and the most obvious choice to follow in the footsteps of Drs. Halsted, Lewis, Blalock, and Zuidema was none other than Dr. Cameron. He was appointed as the Surgeon-in-Chief and the Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1984. This marked the beginning of a long, exciting, and amazing journey toward making this department one of the most outstanding departments of surgery across not only the United States but also the entire world. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright: Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2018",
month = feb,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1097/SLA.0000000000002608",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "267",
pages = "S40--S44",
journal = "Annals of Surgery",
issn = "0003-4932",
publisher = "Lippincott Williams and Wilkins",
number = "2S",
}