Ralph Bingham Cloward

Ralph Bingham Cloward
Born(1908-09-24)September 24, 1908
Salt Lake City, Utah
DiedNovember 13, 2000(2000-11-13) (aged 92)
Queen's Medical Center
EducationDoctor of Medicine
Alma materUniversity of Utah, University of Chicago
OccupationNeurosurgeon
Known forInnovative spinal surgery
SpouseFlorence Bauer

Ralph Bingham Cloward (September 24, 1908 — November 13, 2000) was an American neurosurgeon, best known for his innovations in spinal neurosurgery. Cloward is known for the development of the Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.[1] Cloward moved from Chicago to Hawaii in 1938, becoming the state's lone neurosurgeon. He is well known for his work treating victims of brain injuries after the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Maiti, Tanmoy K.; Konar, Subhas K.; Bir, Shyamal C.; Kalakoti, Piyush; Nanda, Anil (2016). "Ralph Bingham Cloward (1908–2000): Spine Polymath". World Neurosurgery. 89: 562–567. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2015.06.061. ISSN 1878-8750. PMID 26151875.
  2. ^ Cloward, Ralph Bingham (1976). "A neurosurgeon remembers Pearl Harbor". Surgical Neurology. 6 (6): 319–22. PMID 795066 – via NLM.