Topic List : Obits
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Stanford chemist James Trudell dies
For five decades, James Trudell studied how anesthetics work on the human body to cause unconsciousness.
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Sleep medicine pioneer Guilleminault dies
Christian Guilleminault, a prolific researcher who helped build Stanford’s sleep disorders clinic into an influential, full-service sleep center, died July 9 of cancer.
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Christopher Dawes dies at 68
Under Dawes’ leadership, Packard Children’s Hospital transformed from a hospital for the community into one serving children and pregnant women nationwide.
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May 23 memorial for Oscar Salvatierra
A memorial service for the longtime Stanford surgeon will be held at the Arrillaga Alumni Center.
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Roy Maffly dies at 91
The former associate dean at the Stanford School of Medicine helped form a minority admissions council that increased the number of students from underrepresented groups.
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Surgeon Ralph Greco dies at 76
A leader of Stanford’s surgical residency program for close to a decade, Greco died March 31. He was a trailblazer in seeking greater work-life balance for surgical trainees.
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Transplant surgeon Oscar Salvatierra dies
Oscar Salvatierra founded Stanford’s pediatric kidney transplant program, helped write the national legislation that regulates organ transplants, and conducted research in kidney transplantation.
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Edward Rubenstein dies at 94
Edward Rubenstein was an internist, an educator and an investigator of varied research topics, including synchrotron medical imaging.
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Stanford nurse Betty Rose dies
Rose was known for her leadership, mentorship of other nurses and strong collaborations across the organization.
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Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza dies at 96
Cavalli-Sforza helped create the field of genetic geography and was one of the founders of cultural evolution, a theory that social change resembles a Darwinian evolutionary process.
