Bacon D R, Ament R
Department of Anesthesiology, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA.
J Clin Anesth. 1995 Sep;7(6):534-43. doi: 10.1016/0952-8180(95)00100-v.
The University of Wisconsin, Madison, was one of the few places offering postgraduate training in the science and art of anesthesia in the late 1920s and 1930s. Weaving together clinical and basic science research, and fully supported by his surgical colleagues, Ralph Waters was able to create the first collegiate-based academic anesthesiology department. While Waters' department was an important milestone establishing anesthesia within the university setting, it did not guarantee true academic standing nationwide. For that to occur, Waters realized that it was necessary to establish other academic departments across the country. Attempting to replicate the department at his university. Waters searched for institutions where surgeons desired an academic anesthesia department. Additionally, he sought basic scientists ready to collaborate in scientific research in anesthesiology and a brisk clinical service. Successful application of the Wisconsin model was best reflected in the work of Waters' academic descendants: "sons" Emery Rovenstine and Robert Dripps, and "grandsons" Stuart Cullen and Emanuel Papper.
20世纪20年代末和30年代，威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校是少数几个提供麻醉科学与艺术研究生培训的地方之一。拉尔夫·沃特斯将临床研究与基础科学研究结合起来，并在外科同事的全力支持下，创建了首个基于大学的学术麻醉学系。虽然沃特斯的系是在大学环境中确立麻醉学的一个重要里程碑，但这并不能保证在全国范围内拥有真正的学术地位。为了实现这一点，沃特斯意识到有必要在全国建立其他学术系。沃特斯试图在他所在的大学复制这个系，他寻找那些外科医生希望设立学术麻醉学系的机构。此外，他还寻找愿意在麻醉学科研和活跃的临床服务方面进行合作的基础科学家。威斯康星模式的成功应用在沃特斯的学术后辈的工作中得到了最好的体现：“儿子辈”的埃默里·罗文斯汀和罗伯特·德里普斯，以及“孙子辈”的斯图尔特·卡伦和伊曼纽尔·帕珀。
