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Donald Trunkey

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Don Trunkey
Born(1937-06-23)June 23, 1937
Oakesdale, Washington
Died(2019-05-01)May 1, 2019 (aged 81)
Post Falls, Idaho
EducationWashington State College
University of Washington
Spouse
Jane Mary Henry
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(m. 1958)​
Children2
Medical career
ProfessionSurgeon
FieldTrauma
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Francisco
Oregon Health & Science University
Sub-specialtiesZoology

Donald Dean Trunkey (23 June 1937 – 1 May 2019) was an American trauma surgeon.[1][2]

Early life

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Trunkey was born in 1937 in Washington State.[1] He received a BS in Zoology from Washington State College, where he also played basketball and because of alphabetical sorting was the last person to graduate before the school changed its name to Washington State University in 1959.[3]

Medical education

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He then went to the University of Washington for Medical School and graduated in 1963.[4][5] He interned under J. Englebert Dunphy at the University of Oregon Medical School, who became his mentor and turned his focus to surgery.[6] He was then drafted into the army and served two years in Germany.[1] He completed his surgical training at UCSF and became a faculty member in 1972.[7][1] As a UCSF faculty member, he was the leader of the trauma service at San Francisco General Hospital. His experience as an academic trauma surgeon led to his authorship of a popular textbook on trauma care in 1983.[8] In 1986 he became the Chief of Surgery at Oregon Health & Science University.[9][10] In 2018 he retired to Idaho.[11]

Writings

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Trunkey has authored 174 journal articles, 25 books, and about 200 book chapters.[12][13] In 1978 he starred in an episode of Lifeline on NBC.[14][15]

"The critical moment in Don Trunkey's career was when he published a paper in 1979 on death rates of trauma patients in Orange County (Calif.), compared to those in San Francisco County," said Richard Mullins, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery.[16] "That paper was a bombshell. It was one of the earliest, most persuasive pieces of evidence on the effectiveness of trauma centers."[16] Trunkey was, more than any other single person, responsible for the development of sophisticated, state-of-the-art trauma programs in the U.S.[17]

Awards

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In 2008 he received the King Faisal prize in medicine for his research improving trauma care.[18] He has many other awards including Distinguished Service Award of the American College of Surgeons, Washington State University College of Science Distinguished Alumnus Award, Barry Goldwater Service Award, International Society of Surgery Prize, Honorary Membership of the British Association for Accident and Emergency Medicine and Honorary Fellowships of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of England, Ireland, Edinburgh, Glasgow, South Africa and Brazil, Medal of the Royal College of Medicine of England and Honorary Professorship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.[18] In 2018 he received the Icons in Surgery award.[19][17]

Death

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Trunkey died in Post Falls, Idaho on 1 May 2019.[20][21]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Donald D. Trunkey, M.D. Lectureship". Oregon Health & Science University. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Western Neurosurgical Society President". Westnsurg.org. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Spokane Daily Chronicle - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  4. ^ Piasecki, Sara (3 September 2008). "Historical Notes: History of medicine in Oregon". Ohsu-hca.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  5. ^ profile, Health care. "Donald D. Trunkey, M.D. - OHSU People". Oregon Health & Science University. Retrieved 18 December 2018.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Archives West: Donald D. Trunkey Papers, 1970-2015". Archiveswest.orbiscascade.org. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  7. ^ "THE HISTORY OF THE SURGICAL SERVICE AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL" (PDF). Sfgh.surgery.ucsf.edu. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  8. ^ Trunkey, Donald D.; Lewis, Frank R. (1984). Current therapy of trauma, 1984-1985. Philadelphia: Decker. ISBN 0-941158-12-8. OCLC 10824242.
  9. ^ "San Francisco Good Bye Roast – My Dad is a BIG DEAL – Don Trunkey". Dontrunkey.com. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  10. ^ San Francisco Chronicle, March 29, 1986 p. 4
  11. ^ "About this site – Don Trunkey". Dontrunkey.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Surgery, trauma expert Don Trunkey presented Alumni Achievement Award - WSU Insider - Washington State University". News.wsu.edu. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  13. ^ "King Faisal Prize - Professor Donald D. Trunkey". Kingfaisalprize.org. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  14. ^ Dr. Donald Trunkey: emergency trauma surgeon-in-chief. 18 December 1980. OCLC 8037028. Retrieved 18 December 2018 – via Open WorldCat.
  15. ^ "Clipped From The Petaluma Argus-Courier". Petaluma Argus-Courier. 25 April 1980. p. 28. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  16. ^ a b "Dr. Trunkey: An advocate for injured patients, a legend in trauma care". Oregon Health & Science University. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  17. ^ a b Deveny, Karen (29 October 2018). "Icon in Surgery".[unreliable source?]
  18. ^ a b "Professor Donald D. Trunkey". King Faisal Prize. 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  19. ^ "Icons in Surgery". American College of Surgeons. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  20. ^ "Don Trunkey". Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  21. ^ "In memoriam: Donald D. Trunkey, MD, FACS, a giant in trauma surgery". August 2019.
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