Abel Taylor J, Holland Marshall T, Walch Timothy, Howard Matthew A
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA; Division of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
World Neurosurg. 2018 Jun;114:259-263. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.03.068. Epub 2018 Mar 26.
John C. VanGilder, the former professor and chairman of neurosurgery at The University of Iowa died on August 27, 2007 after making a lasting impact to the field of neurosurgery both in the United States and abroad. In this manuscript, we review VanGilder's life and achievements. VanGilder was born in 1935 in West Virginia and received his undergraduate education at West Virginia University in Morgantown. He studied medicine at the University of West Virginia, completing his final 2 years at the University of Pittsburgh, and after serving in the U.S. military, completed his neurosurgical training at Washington University in St. Louis. He was appointed to faculty positions first at Yale University and later at The University of Iowa, where he became professor and later chairman of the Division of Neurosurgery. VanGilder also served as president of the Society of Neurological Surgeons (1997-1998), president of the Neurosurgical Society of America (1998-1999), chairman of the American Board of Neurological Surgery (1997-1998), and vice president of the American Academy of Neurological Surgery. At The University of Iowa, VanGilder played a key role in the transition of the Division of Neurosurgery to a Department of Neurosurgery and mentored several neurosurgeons who would go on to become department chairmen or make other important neurosurgical contributions at other medical schools in the United States.
约翰·C·范吉尔德，前衣阿华大学神经外科教授兼系主任，于2007年8月27日去世，他在美国和国外的神经外科领域都产生了深远影响。在本文中，我们回顾范吉尔德的生平与成就。范吉尔德1935年出生于西弗吉尼亚州，在摩根敦的西弗吉尼亚大学接受本科教育。他在西弗吉尼亚大学学习医学，最后两年在匹兹堡大学完成学业，在美国军队服役后，在圣路易斯的华盛顿大学完成了神经外科培训。他最初在耶鲁大学任教，后来在衣阿华大学任职，在那里他成为教授，后来担任神经外科系主任。范吉尔德还曾担任神经外科医师协会会长（1997 - 1998年）、美国神经外科协会会长（1998 - 1999年）、美国神经外科委员会主席（1997 - 1998年）以及美国神经外科研究院副院长。在衣阿华大学，范吉尔德在神经外科系向神经外科部的转变过程中发挥了关键作用，并指导了几位神经外科医生，这些医生后来在美国其他医学院成为系主任或做出其他重要的神经外科贡献。
