Werner Forssmann Society
The mission of the Werner Forssmann Osler Society is to foster ingenuity, courage, and commitment in all members of our society, school and community.
Faculty Mentors- Jack Alperin, M.D. (Osler Scholar, emeritus)
- John Bauer, M.D.
- Michael Boyars, M.D. (Osler Scholar, Coordinator)
- Oscar Brown, M.D.
- Lindsay Sonstein, M.D.
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Orlando Esparza, SOM3
Alexandria Harrison, SOM3
Julian Jones, SOM3
Katherine Kerr, SOM3
DeKrisha Kyle, SOM3
Husayn Ladhani, SOM4
Maranatha McLean, SOM3
Ann Nguyen, SOM3
Ha Nguyen, SOM3
Juan Razo, SOM3
Casey Sharpe, SOM3 (Osler Student Scholar)
Alyssa Shell (MD/PhD), SOM4 (Osler Student Scholar)
Christopher Zimmermann, SOM3
Roster of Members
The roster of the Werner Forssmann Student Society members is available here.
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Werner Forssmann (1904-1979) was born and educated in Berlin, Germany. He developed the first technique for cardiac catheterization, and tested the technique on himself to prove it worked. In 1929, he put himself under local anesthetic and inserted a catheter into his own arm. Not knowing when the catheter might pierce a vein, he risked his own life and was able to pass the catheter into his own heart. He shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine with Andre Cournand and Dickinson Richards in 1956 for his contribution in developing the technique of cardiac catheterization.
A Way of Life
The vision of the Osler Student Societies is to provide developing physicians insight into "A Way of Life", described by Sir William Osler, not through formal lecture, but through the guidance of mentors in contact with students within and outside their academic setting.