University of Alberta heart surgeon James Callaghan performed first open-heart surgery in Canada
In 1956, University of Alberta heart surgeon James Callaghan performed first open-heart surgery in Canada. He also co-created…
In 1956, University of Alberta heart surgeon James Callaghan performed first open-heart surgery in Canada. He also co-created…
In 1956, the Scripps Metabolic Clinic was renamed the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation to reflect the broader…
In 1956, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Bardeen, William Shockley and Walter Brattain at…
In 1956, Dr. E. Donnall Thomas performed the first successful syngeneic bone marrow transplant between two humans (a…
In 1956, the CDC’s Influenza Branch in Atlanta was designated a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for…
In 1956, the University of California Radiation Laboratory, now known as the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) acquired…
In 1956, the Scripps Metabolic Clinic was renamed the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation to reflect its broader…
In 1956, Stanford Medicine became the first to use linear accelerator to treat cancer in Western hemisphere.
In 1956, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) implemented fluorescent antibody technique to research diseases…
In 1956, The South Jersey Medical Research Foundation was officially dedicated.
In 1956, The University of Oregon Dental School moved from Northeast Oregon Street to its present location on…
In 1956, Deinococcus (Micrococcus) radiodurans strain R1 (ATCC BAA-816), the most radiation-resistant organisms yet discovered, was first reported…
In 1956, The University of Tennessee Medical Center was established with a mission of healing, education and discovery.
In 1956, Deseret Pharmaceutical Co. founded by Dale Ballard, James L. Sorenson and Victor Cartwright, created a disposable…
In 1956, Dr. Robert Blackwell Smith became the fourth and last president of the Medical College of Virginia.
In 1956, Dr. David Hume, a pioneer transplant surgeon, was appointed chairman and professor of surgery at The…
In 1956, The E. G. Williams Hospital opened in two phases from 1956-58.
In 1956, seven students participated in the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Summer Scholar Program which was originated by…
On Nov. 10. 1955, Dr. Edmond Fisher and Dr. Edwin Krebs of University of Washington’s School of Medicine…
On Sept. 12, 1955, the first class at new Albert Einstein College of Medicine began with 3 men…
On Aug. 17, 1955, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the hiring of 48 temporary investigators…
In Jul. 1955, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) sprayed DDT as…
On Apr. 26, 1955, Officials first noticed an increase in reported polio cases in California. Soon it was…
On Apr. 12, 1955, the polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh was…
On Apr. 12, 1955, a convocation was held at the University of Michigan (UM), where Dr. Thomas Francis…
On Apr. 1, 1955, the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Chemotherapy National Service Center was established in the institute…
In April 1955, Cutter Laboratories, located in Berkeley, California and one of several companies licensed by the U.S….
On Feb. 3, 1955, the first Citizens Advisory Committee met in Washington, D.C. to assess the effectiveness of…
From 1955 through early 1963, millions of people were accidentally exposed to simian virus 40 (SV40) as a…