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Ann Thorac Surg 1995;59:1364-1365
© 1995 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Herbert Sloan Lecture

Introduction to the Sloan Lecture

Mark B. Orringer, MD

Section of Thoracic Surgery, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Abstract

Introduction of Dr Orringer by Benson R. Wilcox, MD

It is my privilege to introduce the 1995 Herbert Sloan lecturer, but before I undertake that pleasant duty, let me introduce Dr Sloan's successor at The University of Michigan, Dr Mark Orringer, who will tell us a word about Dr Sloan.

Thank you, Dr Wilcox. Doctor Benfield, Dr Pairolero, ladies and gentlemen. It is with particular personal pleasure that I make these few introductory remarks about Dr Herbert Sloan (Fig 1Go), my predecessor as Head of the Section of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Michigan from 1970 through 1985. He has been my mentor, valued advisor, colleague, and friend. No one in our specialty can dispute the fact that Herbert Sloan is among the giants of thoracic surgery.



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  		Fig 1. . Herbert Sloan, MD, Professor and Head of the Section of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical Center from 1970 to 1985.

 
Born in 1914 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, one of seven children, he attended Washington and Lee University, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1936 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. His father was a surgeon, and Dr Sloan followed in his footsteps, graduating from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1940 and remaining on at Johns Hopkins as a surgical house officer for four more years. During this time, in 1943, he married Doris Edwards, a surgical nurse who incidentally had graduated at the top of the Hopkins School of Nursing Class of 1940 and became that ``woman beside the man'' to whom so many thoracic surgeons seem to owe their success.

Doctor Sloan's surgical training was interrupted by the War, and he spent from 1944 through 1947 in the Far East on Okinawa and in Korea, where he rose to the military rank of major. It was on Okinawa that Dr Sloan's interest in thoracic surgery was stimulated by Max Chamberlain, and at the conclusion of the War, Dr Sloan was accepted for a residency in thoracic surgery at the University of Michigan under John Alexander and Cameron Haight.

Ann Arbor was to become the permanent home of the Sloans, and after completion of his residency, Dr Sloan remained at the University of Michigan on the thoracic surgery faculty, where he rose through the academic ranks and was appointed Professor in 1962. He became Head of the Section after the death of Dr Haight in 1970, and he held this position until his retirement in 1985. He was a respected thoracic surgery residency program director and one of the pioneers in congenital open heart surgery.

Doctor Sloan's contribution to the specialty of thoracic surgery and his leadership role have been enormous. He served as President of both The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. He served as Secretary/Treasurer of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery from 1973 through 1986. As Editor of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery for 15 years, from 1969 through 1984, he exercised his characteristic demands for excellence and adherence to high standards he set, and in the words of Marvin Kirsh, a former resident of Dr Sloan and a senior University of Michigan thoracic surgery faculty member, Dr Sloan ``took The Annals from a neophyte publication to the position of one of the top journals, if not the top, in its field.'' For his extraordinary efforts on behalf of this organization, he was presented the Distinguished Service Award of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons in 1981.

Doctor Sloan's professional and personal interests have not been restricted to the world of thoracic surgery. While Head of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Michigan, he was simultaneously Chief of Clinical Affairs at the Hospital from 1982 through 1986, and since stepping down as Section Head, he has been Medical Director of M-Care, the University of Michigan's managed care organization.

He has continued his passions for flower gardening, particularly his spectacular rhododendrons, photography, foreign travel to the Orient, and a personal art collection established by his late wife Doris.

One of the most pleasant current activities for Dr Sloan centers around family life.

Only a few months ago my wife Susan and I were delighted to be included in a wonderful family celebration of Dr Sloan's 80th birthday, hosted by his five children, Herbert, Ann, Elizabeth, John, and Robert (Fig 2Go).



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  		Fig 2. . Doctor Herbert Sloan at his 80th birthday celebration with his five children (left to right): Elizabeth Smith, Herbert Sloan III, Robert Sloan, John Sloan, and Ann Devlin.

 
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the man for whom the Herbert Sloan Lecture has been established. The specialty of thoracic surgery has been privileged to benefit from his leadership and many contributions.

Footnotes

Presented at the Thirty-first Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Palm Springs, CA, Jan 31-Feb 2, 1995.

Address reprint requests to Dr Orringer, Section of Thoracic Surgery, The University of Michigan, Taubman Health Care Center, 1500 E Medical Dr, 2120TC, Box 0344, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.





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