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History of Specialties in Lancaster County

History of Specialties in Lancaster County

This section best represents the mission of our Museum by detailing the histories of specific medical fields. Our current histories include fields such as gastroenterology, oncology, nephrology, pulmonary medicine, radiology, urology and more.

If you are interested, or know someone that would be interested, in providing a history or your specialty that is not yet provided, please contact our publications editor at publications@lancastermedicalheritagemuseum.org.

Book I: The History of General Practice in America, How the Generalist Became a Specialist

Dr. Nikitas Zervanos

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Book II: The History of General Medical Practice and Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster County, Pennyslvania

Dr. Nikitas Zervanos

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Book III: Family Medicine: How the Generalist Became a Specialist: Lancaster General’s Family Practice Residency Program

Dr. Nikitas Zervanos

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Early History of Surgery in Lancaster County and the Lancaster General Hospital

Edward T. Chory, MD, FACS - This article was published in the Winter 2020 issue (Vol. 1, No. 4, pages 121-125) of the Journal of Lancaster General Hospital. Used with permission.

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The History of Dermatology in Lancaster County

Mary Kegel, M.D.

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History of Gastroenterology in Lancaster County

Frederick C. Saunders, M.D., FACP, FACG, David Weston, M.D. and James Fred Young, M.D.

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History of Geriatrics in Lancaster County

J. Kenneth Brubaker, M.D., CMD

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A History of Psychiatry in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

S. Kendrick Eshleman, III, M.D.

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History of Psychology in Lancaster County

Dr. Jon E. Bentz

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History of Pulmonary Medicine in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Harshadkumar B. Patel, M. D.

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History of Radiology in Lancaster County

Andrew Koch, M. D.

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The History of Nephrology

John J. Schubert, M. D.

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A History of Ophthalmology in Lancaster County

Paul Harnish Ripple, M. D. and John Herman Bowman, M. D.

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The History of Urology in Lancaster

Marvin C. Daley, M.D., F.A.C.S.

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Medical Oncology in Lancaster

Robert Gottlieb, M.D.

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Nephrology in Lancaster County 1995-2015

Laurence E. Carroll MD, FASN, FNKF

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A Timeline of General Practice

Dr. Nikitas Zervanos

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