Retrospect: A Conversation With Allen Oldfather Whipple.

Journal: The American surgeon
Published Date: Dec 20, 2025

Abstract

Through new and astonishing capabilities of artificial intelligence, the editors of The American Surgeon have been able to step back in time and conduct a virtual interview with the most eponymous surgeon in history: Allen Oldfather Whipple. We caught up with Dr. Whipple on September 2nd, 1946, shortly after completing the final operation of his surgical career; not surprisingly, a pancreaticoduodenectomy.

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  • Emmanuel E Zervos
    Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.

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