100 years of surgery at Stanford Medicine
November 05, 2026
November 05, 2026
STANFORD, California, Nov. 5 -- Stanford University School of Medicine issued the following news:
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100 years of surgery at Stanford Medicine
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In 1926, Emile Holman, MD, became the inaugural academic chair of the department of surgery at Stanford Medical School. At that time, the campus was situated in San Francisco; ether was the anesthesia of choice and antibiotics had yet to be discovered. Surgeries largely addressed emergencies such as . . .
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100 years of surgery at Stanford Medicine
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In 1926, Emile Holman, MD, became the inaugural academic chair of the department of surgery at Stanford Medical School. At that time, the campus was situated in San Francisco; ether was the anesthesia of choice and antibiotics had yet to be discovered. Surgeries largely addressed emergencies such as . . .