Owen H. Wangensteen
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Owen H. Wangensteen was a pioneering American surgeon and influential medical educator best known for his innovations in gastrointestinal surgery and his leadership at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
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| Owen H. Wangensteen canonical | 2 |
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| instanceOf |
human
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medical educator ⓘ surgeon ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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University of Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eponym |
Wangensteen suction
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Wangensteen tube NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Norwegian American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Wangensteen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
gastrointestinal surgery
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medical education ⓘ surgery ⓘ |
| genre | medical writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Owen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
clinical surgery
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surgical research ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | development of open-heart surgery at the University of Minnesota ⓘ |
| hasPart | Wangensteen suction method (eponymous technique) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
American surgery
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modern gastrointestinal surgical practice ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American College of Surgeons
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American Surgical Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | modern academic surgery in the United States ⓘ |
| name | Owen H. Wangensteen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to the management of intestinal obstruction
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development and promotion of gastric decompression techniques ⓘ emphasis on physiological basis of surgical treatment ⓘ leadership in building a major academic surgical program at the University of Minnesota ⓘ pioneering work in gastrointestinal surgery ⓘ publications on surgical physiology ⓘ training a large number of future academic surgeons ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
C. Walton Lillehei
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John Najarian NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Varco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
surgeon
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfWork | Minneapolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Minnesota ⓘ |
| residence | Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workInstitution | University of Minnesota Medical School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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