Harvey Cushing

Harvey Cushing
Harvey Cushing
	Harvey Cushing in 1938
Born	Harvey Williams Cushing; April 8, 1869; Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Died	October 7, 1939 (aged 70); New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Education	Yale University (BA); Harvard University (MD)
Years active	1895–1935
Known for	Pioneering brain surgery; Cushing's syndrome;
Children	5, including Mary, Betsey, and Barbara
	Medical career
Profession	Surgeon; neurosurgeon, medical writer;
Institutions	Private practice (Baltimore); Johns Hopkins Hospital (Associate Professor of Surgery, c. 1891) ; Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and (surgeon-in-chief); Harvard Medical; Yale School of Medicine (Sterling Professor of Medicine in Neurology, 1933-1937)
Awards	Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1924); Pulitzer Prize (1926); Lister Medal (1930)

Harvey Williams Cushing (April 8, 1869 – October 7, 1939) was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman. A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease. He wrote a biography of physician William Osler in three volumes.

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