From Russian Refugee to Iowa's First Neurosurgeon and Pioneer of Cranial Hemostasis: The Legacy of Anatole Kolodny (1892-1948)

Taylor Abel; Mario Zanaty; Timothy Walch; Matthew A Howard

doi:10.1093/neuros/nyw007

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From Russian Refugee to Iowa's First Neurosurgeon and Pioneer of Cranial Hemostasis: The Legacy of Anatole Kolodny (1892-1948)

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From Russian Refugee to Iowa's First Neurosurgeon and Pioneer of Cranial Hemostasis: The Legacy of Anatole Kolodny (1892-1948)

Taylor Abel, Mario Zanaty, Timothy Walch and Matthew A Howard

Neurosurgery, Vol.80(1), pp.159-164

01/2017

DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyw007

PMCID: PMC6256945

PMID: 28362895

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After immigrating to the United States from Russia in the wake of the First World War, Anatole Kolodny became the first surgeon in Iowa to specialize in neurological surgery. Kolodny was vital to the initial practice of neurosurgery in the state of Iowa and to the specific development of academic neurosurgery at the University of Iowa. In an effort to improve his surgical outcomes, Kolodny invented a hemostat that bears his name and is still used for cranial hemostasis. He also provided early outcomes of myelomenigocele repair and wrote extensively on bone sarcoma. Kolodny's achievements brought favorable attention to the university and altered the course of neurosurgery at the University of Iowa. Of significant importance, Kolodny influenced and trained Iowa's second neurosurgeon, Olan Hyndman, and this action led the way to the eventual recruitment of the university's first division head of neurosurgery. The purpose of this manuscript is to shed light on Kolodny's important contributions to the development of neurosurgery not only at Iowa, but also in the profession as a whole.

Legacy—Institutions and People

Cranial hemostasis

History of neurosurgery

Sarcoma

Myelomeningiocele

Pediatric neurosurgery

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Title: Subtitle: From Russian Refugee to Iowa's First Neurosurgeon and Pioneer of Cranial Hemostasis: The Legacy of Anatole Kolodny (1892-1948)
Creators: Taylor Abel - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Mario Zanaty - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Timothy Walch - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Matthew A Howard - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Neurosurgery, Vol.80(1), pp.159-164
DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyw007
PMID: 28362895
PMCID: PMC6256945
NLM abbreviation: Neurosurgery
ISSN: 0148-396X
eISSN: 1524-4040
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Date published: 01/2017
Academic Unit: Neurology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
Record Identifier: 9984020898102771

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