1948-1985, inclusive

Personal name, Zuidema, George D.

George D. Zuidema
March 8, 1928-July 6, 2020
George D. Zuidema was born in Holland, Michigan. He received his B.A. in 1949 from Hope College and his M.D. in 1953 from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed a surgical internship and residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston from 1953 to 1954 and served in the U.S. Air Force Medical Corps from 1954 to 1956. Zuidema returned to Massachusetts General in 1957, where he was named chief resident in 1959. He joined the faculty of the University of Michigan Medical School in 1960. In 1964, he came to Johns Hopkins to become surgeon-in-chief of the hospital and professor of surgery at the school of medicine. In 1984, Zuidema returned to the University of Michigan Medical School as a professor of surgery and vice provost for medical affairs. While at Johns Hopkins, Zuidema chaired the study on surgical services of the United States and led major research efforts in various areas ranging from portal hypertension to gastrointestinal physiology. He published extensively throughout his career, producing more than 25 books and over 200 scientific articles. Among his books are such standards as The Johns Hopkins Atlas of Human Functional Anatomy, Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, and The Management of Trauma.

Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1964-1984

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine