Cahan, William G., 1914-2001
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Born August 2nd, 1914, William George Cahan studied medicine at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating in 1939. In 1949, Cahan became a member of the surgery department at Memorial and worked as a thoracic surgeon for over 50 years, being appointed as senior attending surgeon at MSK in 1990. Cahan was a major antismoking advocate, raising awareness about the carcinogenic effects of smoking and lobbying for its restriction in his role as chairman of People for a Smoke-Free Indoors. Cahan also made significant accomplishments in studying the effects of radiation and in lung cancer surgery practices. He died on October 7th, 2001 at the age of 87.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Department of Physics at Memorial Sloan Kettering
Collection
Identifier: MSK 0018
Scope and Contents
Contains annual reports and materials from the Department of Radiation under the Department of Physics.
Dates:
1923 - 1980
Helen Q. Woodard, 1981
File
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Contains tape recordings of interviews of MSK doctors and significant individuals conducted by Archivist Diane Rosenwaser, Dr. Joseph Burchenal, and Dr. Nael Martini. This includes interviews with Katherine S. Douglas, Anna S. Craver, Laurance S. Rockefeller, and Drs. Higinbotham, Woodard, Cahan, Southam, Blady, Stock, Hutchison, Pool, Beattie, Quan, Tan, and Oettgen, among others. Also contains Hayes Martin's Collection of Tapes, which includes recordings of Chemotherapy Group meetings,...
Dates:
1981
Oral History Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 0030
Scope and Contents
Contains tape recordings of interviews of MSK doctors and significant individuals conducted by Archivist Diane Rosenwaser, Dr. Joseph Burchenal, and Dr. Nael Martini. This includes interviews with Katherine S. Douglas, Anna S. Craver, Laurance S. Rockefeller, and Drs. Higinbotham, Woodard, Cahan, Southam, Blady, Stock, Hutchison, Pool, Beattie, Quan, Tan, and Oettgen, among others. Also contains Hayes Martin's Collection of Tapes, which includes recordings of Chemotherapy Group meetings,...
Dates:
1981 - 1998
William G. Cahan, 1981
File
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Contains tape recordings of interviews of MSK doctors and significant individuals conducted by Archivist Diane Rosenwaser, Dr. Joseph Burchenal, and Dr. Nael Martini. This includes interviews with Katherine S. Douglas, Anna S. Craver, Laurance S. Rockefeller, and Drs. Higinbotham, Woodard, Cahan, Southam, Blady, Stock, Hutchison, Pool, Beattie, Quan, Tan, and Oettgen, among others. Also contains Hayes Martin's Collection of Tapes, which includes recordings of Chemotherapy Group meetings,...
Dates:
1981
William G. Cahan M.D. Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0003
Scope and Contents
4.3 cubic feet. Correspondence, reprints, speeches, meeting files, subject files, films, videotapes regarding cryosurgery, mediatinoscopy, tobacco studies, and instrument brochures. Contains information relating to the cryosurgical techniques pioneered in the mid 1960s by William G. Cahan. Publicity surrounding Dr. Cahan's surgical procedures led to his receiving numerous letters containing pleas for assistance from people afflicted with various ailments.
Dates:
1945 - 1989