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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2017; 65(S 03): S164-S166
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1601334
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1601334
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The Transatlantic Relationship: Hands across the Ocean from Borst to Mohr
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Publication History
01 March 2017
01 March 2017
Publication Date:
07 April 2017 (online)
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The First Generation
The metaphor of “hands across the ocean” was first embraced by Hans Borst in 1985 to define the close, collaborative relationship between German and American thoracic surgeons ([Fig. 1]).[1] In the postwar era, numerous American surgeons helped put German thoracic surgery back on its feet. This led to a bidirectional transatlantic alliance in which patients in both countries benefited from the cross-fertilization and coeducation among surgeons. Prof. Friedrich Mohr crossed the ocean in the late 1980s to build a lifelong collaboration with, among others, Jack Matloff and Frank Litvak at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, United States.
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References
- 1 Borst HG. Hands across the ocean. German-American relations in thoracic surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1985; 90 (4) 477-489
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