R. M. Peardon
Donaghy, M.D., D.Sc., F.A.C.S.
Dr. Donaghy trained
under Drs. Mixter and White from 1939-1943. He served in the U.S.
Army from 1943-1946. Afterwards he went to the University of Vermont
in Burlington where he was the Chairman of the Division of Neurosurgery
from 1946-1976.
Dr. Donaghy introduced
the operating microscope to neurosurgery in 1961 by using it
to perform the first microsurgical middle cerebral endarterectomy.
His most prominent trainee in microneurosurgery is Professor M.
Gazi Yasargil.
Reference
- Jacobson JH,
Wallman LJ, Schumacher GA, Flanagan M, Suarez EL, Donaghy RMP:
Microsurgery as an aid to middle cerebral artery endarterectomy
J Neurosurg 19:109-115, 1962
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