Philadelphia Academy of Surgery -


Jonathan E. Rhoads, M.D.

An Annual Oration has been a part of the scientific transactions of the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery since its inception. The orator, appointed by the President, is a Fellow of the Academy. Samuel D. Gross, the first President of the Academy, asked John B. Roberts to give the first Oration, but Dr. Roberts insisted that Dr. Gross himself should have the honor. Dr. Gross gave the First Annual Oration, entitled “John Hunter and his Pupils”, on January 7, 1881. The Oration is usually given at the December meeting of the Academy and is traditionally presented without formal discussion. In the 1980’s, the Oration was named the Jonathan E. Rhoads Annual Oration, in honor of one of the most illustrious and faithful Fellows of the Academy, Jonathan E. Rhoads (1907-2002). Subsequent to this honor, Dr. Rhoads and his family initiated an endowment that enables surgical residents to attend the program during the evening of the Oration. A consistent presence at the meetings of the Academy well past his retirement, Dr. Rhoads attended the Oration in December, 2001, the last meeting before his death at age 94.

Fellows Who Have Delivered the Annual Oration

2011 Thomas G. Frazier: “Breast Cancer: The Past, the Present and the Future!”

2010 James B. McClurken: “Evolution of Cardiac Surgery in Philadelphia: From ‘Firsts’ to Care Improvements via Collaboration”
2009 Paul J. DiMuzio
2008 Herbert E. Cohn
2007 John R. Clarke

2006 Richard Bell
2005 James Mullen
2004 Daniel T. Dempsey
2003 Stephen P. Dunn

2002 Larry R. Kaiser
2001 Michael Acker
2000 Stanley Trooskin
1999 Ali Naji

1998 Ed Doolin
1997 John L. Rombeau
1996 Stuart Myers
1994 Ward O. Griffin, Jr.

1993 Anthony J. Comerota
1992 James L. Weese
1991 John M. Daly
1990 Dominick A. DeLaurentis

1989 Wallace P. Ritchie, Jr.
1988 Rudolph C. Camishion
1987 Robert D. Harwick
1986 Bruce E. Jarrell

1985 Francis E. Rosato
1984 Simon Simonian
1983 Jack Kolff
1982 Michael O’Connor

1981 Moreye Nusbaum
1980 Clyde Barker: “The Role of Immunology and Pancreatic Transplantation in Diabetes”
1979 Frederick B. Wagner, Jr.: "The Founding Fathers & Centennial History of the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery"
1978 David Wagner: "Necrotizing Neonatal Enterocolitis"

1976 Leonard Goldman: "Malignant Melanoma – A Therapeutic Approach Related to Biologic Behavior"
1975 Charles Fineberg
1974 Joseph W. Stayman
1973 Lloyd W. Stevens

1972 James G. Bassett
1971 William T. Fitts, Jr.
1970 Brooke Roberts
1969 H. L. Stahlgren

1968 R. Robert Tyson
1967 Thomas F. Nealon, Jr.
1966 Kenneth E. Fry
1965 C. Everett Koop

1964 Henry P. Royster
1963 Edwin W. Shearburn
1962 John Y. Templeton, III
1961 Donald R. Cooper

1960 H. Taylor Caswell
1959 James R. Jaeger
1958 Orville C. King
1957 Irvin E. Deibert

1956 George Willauer
1955 William H. Erb
1954 George Rosemond
1953 Julian Johnson

1952 Herbert R. Hawthorne: "Problems in the Management of Massive Bleeding from the Gastro-Intestinal Tract"
1951 J. Montgomery Deaver: "Acute Appendicitis in Children"
1950 W. Emory Burnett
1949 Francis C. Grant

1948 Jonathan E. Rhoads
1947 L. Kraeer Ferguson
1946 John H. Gibbon, Jr.
1945 Adolph A. Walkling

1944 Calvin M. Smyth
1943 Frederick A. Bothe
1942 S. Dana Weeder
1941 William Bates

1940 Francis C. Grant
1939 John B. Flick
1938 Isidor S. Ravdin
1937 Henry P. Brown, Jr

1936 Alexander Randall
1935 A. Bruce Gill
1934 DeForest P. Willard: "Relationship of the Parathyroid Gland To Calcium Metabolism"
1933 George M. Dorrance: "Ligation of the Great Vessels of the Neck"

1932 Eldridge L. Eliason: "Surgery of Diabetic Gangrene"
1931 Hubley R. Owen
1930 J. Stewart Rodman
1929 Edward T. Crosson

1928 Edward J. Klopp: "Surgery in Breast Tumors; Problems Concerning Diagnosis and Treatment"
1927 Emory G. Alexander: "Suppurative Pericarditis from the Surgical Viewpoint"
1926 Damon B. Pfeiffer: "The Principles Underlying the Surgery of Carcinoma of the Rectum"
1925 John Speese: "The Surgical Aspect of Blood Dyscrasias Associated with Splenomegaly"

1924 Robert H. Ivy: "Swellings of the Submaxillary Region"
1923 Walter Estell Lee: "Post-Operative Pulmonary Complications"
1922 George P. Muller: "Surgical Relations of the Sympathetic Nervous System"
1921 J. Torrance Rugh: "The Surgery of Infantile Paralysis"

1920 John G. Clark: "The Relative Values of Radium and Surgery in the Treatment of Tumors of the Pelvic Organs"
1919 None
1918 None
1917 Joshua Edwin Sweet: "Surgical Experience and Surgical Knowledge"

1916 Edward B. Hodge
1915 Frances T. Stewart: "The Operative Treatment of Arterial Thrombosis and Embolism"
1914 Alfred C. Wood
1913 William L. Rodman: "Cancer and Precancerous Conditions"

1912 George G. Ross: "The Art of Surgery"
1911 John H. Jopson: "Recent Advances in Pulmonary Surgery"
1910 Astley P. C. Ashurst
1909 John H. Gibbon

1908 Charles H. Frazier
1907 Edward Martin
1906 Richard H. Harte
1905 J. Chalmers DaCosta

1904 G. G. Davis
1903 R. G. LeConte
1902 Joseph M. Spellissy: "Abscesses in the Right Iliac Region, and other Lesions not of Gynecologic or Appendiceal Origin Mistaken for Appendicitis"
1901 H. R. Wharton

1900 None
1899 William J. Taylor
1898 O. H. Allis
1897 Thomas R. Neilson

1896 James M. Barton
1895 John B. Deaver
1894 W. B. Hopkins
1893 C. W. Dulles

1892 Thomas G. Morton: "Progress in Surgery in 1891"
1891 William G. Porter
1890 DeForest P. Willard
1889 John B. Roberts

1888 Charles B. Nancrede: "Recent Advances in the Surgery of the Brain and Its Coverings"
1887 J. Ewing Mears
1886 R. J. Lewis
1885 John H. Packard

1884 John H. Brinton
1883 William Hunt
1882 D. Hayes Agnew
1881 S. D. Gross

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