Ronald A. Malt

Ronald A. Malt (November 12, 1931 – October 5, 2002) was an American clinical surgeon and teacher at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School for over 40 years.

Born in Pittsburgh, Malt attended Washington University and Harvard Medical School.[1][2] Best known for his role as the chief surgical medical resident who oversaw the world's first successful reattachment of a human limb, Malt also developed new techniques in gastrointestinal surgery, was professor of surgery at Harvard University, co-edited The Oxford Textbook of Surgery and was an associate editor at The New England Journal of Medicine.[3] When he retired in 1997, Malt was the Chief of Gastroenterological Surgery, Chief of the Nutritional Support Unit and the Surgical Chief of the Liver, Billary and Pancreas Center, as well as having authored or co-authored over 300 publications.[4]

He was married to Geraldine Malt, with whom he had three children.[5] Malt died on October 5, 2002, in Wellesley, Massachusetts, of complications of Alzheimer's disease.[2][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ronald A. Malt, 70; Led First Surgeons to Reattach a Human Limb". Los Angeles Times. October 20, 2002. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Wright, Pearce (November 9, 2002). "Ronald Malt" (PDF). The Lancet. 350: 1521. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11493-0.
  3. ↑ Nagourney, Eric (2002-10-17). "Ronald A. Malt, 70, Is Dead; Innovator in Reattaching Limb". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  4. 1 2 "Ronald Malt: The First Surgeon to Reattach a Limb Successfully". The Times (UK). November 11, 2002.
  5. ↑ Jacobs, Steven N. (October 15, 2002). "Surgeon, First to Replant Severed Limb, Dies at 70". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
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