George Daicoff: A Pioneering Surgeon and Humanitarian of The Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

Jeffrey P Jacobs; James A Quintessenza; Hugh M van Gelder; Edward D Staples; Tomas D Martin; George J Arnaoutakis; Thomas M Beaver; Giles J Peek; Connie S Nixon; Mark S Bleiweis; Constantine Mavroudis

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.01.002

George Daicoff: A Pioneering Surgeon and Humanitarian of The Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 May;113(5):1743-1749. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.01.002. Epub 2022 Jan 19.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, Congenital Heart Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Florida; Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Saint Petersburg, Florida.
⁴ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
⁵ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, Congenital Heart Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Peyton Manning Children's Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana.

PMID: 35063420
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.01.002

Abstract

George Daicoff was a true pioneer who excelled in patient care, research, teaching, and advocacy; he performed cardiac surgery on thousands. He trained at Mayo Clinic under the tutelage of John Kirklin in 1966. He served on the faculty at University of Florida from 1967 to 1977 and became Chief of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at University of Florida. He then served as Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at All Children's Hospital from 1977 to 1998. In 1972, he was one of 13 founding members of the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society (CHSS), and in 1973, he was one of 10 surgeons to attend the first meeting of CHSS. Dr Daicoff won the 1970 Southern Thoracic Surgical Association President's Award for best scientific paper, and the 1996 Southern Thoracic Surgical Association Osler Abbot Award. In 2015, the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association Congenital Heart Surgery President's Award was named the George Daicoff Award.

MeSH terms

Awards and Prizes*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Child
Humans
Male
Societies, Medical
Surgeons*
Thoracic Surgery*