Nationality American Name Henry Feffer | Role Surgeon | |
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Born Henry Leon FefferJanuary 15, 1918New York ( 1918-01-15 ) Institutions George Washington University Medical SchoolCAREThe Gallinger Municipal Hospital in Washington, D.C. which later became, the now defunct, District of Columbia General HospitalUnited States ArmyHoward University College of MedicineNational Zoo Alma mater Indiana UniversityIndiana University School of Medicine Spouse Jean Kaplan Feffer (m.?-1964) (her death) (3 children)Daisy Berkes Feffer (m.?-2001) (her death) (2 children) Fields Medicine, Surgeon, Orthopedic surgery, Neurosurgery | ||
Henry Leon Feffer (January 15, 1918 – May 9, 2011) of Bethesda, Maryland, was an American neurosurgeon. In the mid-1950s, he was one of the first doctors to systematically test whether low-back pain could be relieved with epidural injections of hydrocortisone. Today, physicians routinely give such injections before resorting to more invasive surgery. He was a Washington, D.C. spinal surgeon for more than four decades whose patients included Saddam Hussein.
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Early Life and Childhood
Feffer was born on January 15, 1918 in New York.
Education
He graduated from Indiana University, and from the Indiana University School of Medicine. His orthopedic surgery internship was in The Gallinger Municipal Hospital in Washington, D.C. which later became, the now defunct, District of Columbia General Hospital.
Career
He was an emeritus professor at George Washington University Medical School.
Death
Feffer died on May 9, 2011 of congestive heart failure at 93.