William Williams Keen
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William Williams Keen (January 19, 1837 - June 7, 1932) was the first U.S. brain surgeon.
Keen was born in Philadelphia. He graduated in medicine from Jefferson Medical College in 1862. During the American Civil War, He worked for the U.S. Army as a surgeon. After the war, and two years of studies in Paris and Berlin, he started lecturing surgical pathology in Philadelphia, where he founded the Philadelphia School of Anatomy.
He became known in the medical community around the world for inventing several new procedures in brain surgery, including drainage of the cerebral ventricles and removals of large brain tumors.
Keen also participated in a (at the time) secret surgical operation on president Grover Cleveland in 1893.
Keen died in Philadelphia.
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| NAME | Keen, William Williams |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | first U.S. brain surgeon. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 1932 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Philadelphia |
