Harris B. Shumacker Oration

Dr. Harris B. Shumacker, Jr., with 1999 Orator, Dr. Frank C. Spencer - May 7, 1999 In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of Surgery and his dedicated service to the peoiple of Indiana, the Indiana Chapter instituted the Harris B. Shumacker Oration in 1970. Outstanding surgeons from acrjoss the country have given lectures at the Annual Meeting of the Chapter. Dr. Shumacker was a pioneer in vascular and caridac surgery, making his first vascular grafts from parachute silk during World War II. He became the third Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine in 1948 and served in that position until 1968.

The Shumacker Orators


1970 Louis M. Rousselot 1986 David L. Nahrwold 1971 Robert M. Zollinger 1987 Michael E. De Bakey 1972 William H. Scott 1988 Charles A. Hufnagle1973 John A. Waldhausen 1989 John Hutton1974 Geza de Takats 1990 Daniel P. Rignault1975 Robert E. Gross 1991 David Sabiston1976 Alton Ochsner 1992 Arthur E. Baue1977 Owen H. Wangensteen 1993 Donald G. Mulder1978 Claude E. Welch 1994 Charles Rob 1979 Eugene M. Bricker 1995 John Glover1980 J. Englebert Dunphy 1996 Ben Eisman 1981 Clarence Dennis 1997 Frank R. Lewis1982 Frank Gerbode 1998 Hiram C. Polk, Jr.1983 Wiley Barker 1999 Frank C. Spencer1984 Francis D. Moore 1985 Jonathan E. Rhoads

Distinguished Annual Meeting Guest Lecturers


2001 Lazar Greenfield2002 J. Patrick O'Leary2003 Keith Lillemoe2004 James Fleshman2005 Thomas Wakefield2006 Jay Grosfeld2007 Margo Shoup2008 Alfons Pomp2009 No lecture2010 No lecture2011 No lecture2012 No lecture2013 Brent Eastman2014 Jay Grosfeld2015 No lecture2016 Walter J. Pories2017 No lecture