Department of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 177 Fort Washington Ave., Milstein Pavilion, 7 SK, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
World J Surg. 2010 Apr;34(4):625-7. doi: 10.1007/s00268-009-0246-5.
Some of us (MAH) have known Dr. Eric Rose when he was a resident, a fellow in cardiothoracic surgery, the director of heart transplantation program, the director of Cardiothoracic Division, and finally as Valentine and Johnson and Johnson Professor and Chairman of Department of Surgery at Columbia University for the last 15 years. Having this long relationship with Dr. Rose, I was not sure where or how to begin this tribute to my former resident, colleague, collaborator, and eventually director. It was as an innovative and courageous Chairman that Dr. Rose had a major impact on me when he appointed me as a Residency Program Director and through his remarkable interest and support of educational changes led to a rebirth and growth of the surgical residency at Columbia NY Presbyterian Hospital to one of the leading programs in the country. But the greatest inspiration that Dr. Rose brought to the Department of Surgery was his fearless and relentless support of ventures into the unknown. When faced with heart transplantation as a junior faculty member, he went on to lay the foundation for the largest heart transplant program in the world; when challenged by development and lack of acceptance of Left Ventricular Assist Devices, he guided their approval following appropriate multiinstitutional studies which led to their adoption as standard of care. His influence extended to the support of a Pancreatic Islet Transplantation Program, originally inspired by his predecessor and mentor, Dr. Keith Reemtsma. Doctor Rose invested and encouraged both the clinical and experimental development of this program under my guidance as part of his dedication to innovation.
我们中的一些人（MAH）在 Eric Rose 医生还是住院医师、心胸外科研究员、心脏移植项目主任、心胸外科主任，最后在过去的 15 年里担任哥伦比亚大学 Valentine 和 Johnson 和 Johnson 教授和外科系主任时就认识他了。我与 Rose 医生有着长期的关系，因此不确定从哪里开始或如何开始对我的前住院医师、同事、合作者，最终的主任进行赞扬。正是作为一位创新和勇敢的主席，Rose 医生任命我为住院医师项目主任，并通过他对教育变革的显著兴趣和支持，对我产生了重大影响，使哥伦比亚长老会医院的外科住院医师培训计划得以重生和发展，成为全国领先的项目之一。但 Rose 医生为外科系带来的最大启发是他对未知领域的无畏和不懈支持。当他作为一名初级教员面临心脏移植时，他为世界上最大的心脏移植项目奠定了基础；当他面临左心室辅助装置的发展和缺乏接受时，他指导了适当的多机构研究，使其获得批准，并将其作为标准治疗方法。他的影响力还扩展到支持胰岛移植项目，该项目最初是由他的前任和导师 Keith Reemtsma 博士启发的。Rose 医生在我的指导下，投资并鼓励该项目的临床和实验发展，这是他对创新的奉献精神的一部分。
