Jerrold von Wedel

Jerrold von Wedel
Born1921
New York, New York
DiedJuly 18, 1963, age 42[1]
San Juan, Puerto Rico
CitizenshipUnited States
Occupationcardiovascular surgeon
SpouseBarbara Ann Stugard
ChildrenRandall von Wedel
Diane von Wedel
Parent(s)Dr. Hassow von Wedel,[2] Jeanetter Klaverwyden
Academic background
EducationDartmouth College, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Jerrold von Wedel (1921 - July 18, 1963) was an American heart surgeon who studied methods of using a skin flap graft to revascularize a diseased heart, as well as multiple sclerosis, which ultimately killed him.[1][3][4][5][6][7] Served in the United States Navy as lieutenant in Japan 1945-1947. He was a faculty member at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine.

He died in 1963, at the age of 42 at the San Juan Veterans Administration Medical Center and was buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in North Tarrytown, Mount Pleasant, Westchester, New York, United States., his widow established a cardiovascular research fund at the University of Puerto Rico.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Jerrold von Wedel, Surgeon, Professor". The New York Times. 1963-07-20. p. 19. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  2. ^ "DOCTOR A SUICIDE IN WESTCHESTER; Dr. Hassow von Wedel Had Been Worried Over Foreclosure of Yacht Club He Headed". The New York Times. 1943-10-11. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  3. ^ Shumacker, Harris B. (1992). The Evolution of Cardiac Surgery. Indiana University Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-253-35221-7. In 1952, Charles Newman, Jerrold von Wedel, Jere Lord, William Hinton, and their New York co-workers described successful studies with tubed pedicle skin grafts, on the basis of both injection studies and survival data after ...
  4. ^ Von Wedel, Jerrold; Stone, Peter W.; Neumann, Charles G.; Lord, Jere W.; Hinton, J. William; Moran, Robert E. (1952). "Revascularization of the Heart by a Pedicle Skin Flap". Science. 116 (3013): 319–320. Bibcode:1952Sci...116..319V. doi:10.1126/science.116.3013.319. ISSN 0036-8075. JSTOR 1680454. PMID 12984112.
  5. ^ NEUMANN, CHARLES G; MORAN, ROBERT EE; WEDEL, JERROLD VON; LORD, JERE W; HINTON, J. WILLIAM (February 1954). "Reduction of Coronary Artery Blood Flow Preparatory to Revascularization of the Heart Via Pedicled Flap of Skin". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 13 (2): 85–94. doi:10.1097/00006534-195402000-00001. ISSN 0032-1052. PMID 13133741. S2CID 13021357.
  6. ^ Wedel, Jerrold von; Lord, Jere W.; Neumann, Charles G.; Hinton, J. William (1955-01-01). "Revascularization of the heart by pedicled skin flap: An experimental study investigating the functions of extracoronary anastomoses". Surgery. 37 (1): 32–53. ISSN 0039-6060. PMID 13226141.
  7. ^ Moran, Robert E.; Neumann, Charles G.; Wedel, Jerrold Von; Lord, Jere W.; Stone, Peter W.; Hinton, J. William (November 1952). "Revascularization of the Heart by Tubed Pedicled Graft of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 10 (5): 295–302. doi:10.1097/00006534-195211000-00001. ISSN 0032-1052. PMID 13003565. S2CID 11064075.
  8. ^ "1943 | Dartmouth Alumni Magazine". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine | The Complete Archive. February 1964. Retrieved 2021-09-09. Barbara has established at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine the Jerrold Von Wedel Cardiovascular Fund, which will be used by the Department of Surgery for research activities in memory of Jerry.