Warren Henry Cole

Warren Henry Cole (24 July 1898 – 25 May 1990) was an American surgeon, a pioneer in the field of adjunctive treatments for surgical cancer patients.[1] With Evarts Ambrose Graham he co-developed in 1924 the process of visualizing the gall bladder with X-rays by using contrast media, a process used in the diagnosis of gall bladder disease, in 1924.

Born in Clay Center, Kansas in 1898[2] Cole received his M.D. from Washington University School of Medicine, and served on the faculty for several years. Cole left Washington University in 1936 to serve as a professor at University of Illinois Chicago a position he held for 30 years. He served as president of the American Cancer Society from 1959–1960.

References

1. "Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online, Cole, Warren Henry (1898–1990)". Retrieved 1 November 2016.
2. Warren Henry Cole (www.whonamedit.com)

External links

• American Cancer Society speech