| News From Transplant Week of April 7, 2002 / Vol. 3 No. 14 |
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Transplant Pioneer Died of Untreated Head Injuries |
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Dr. Robert J. Corry, a pioneering transplant surgeon who died at his home in Pittsburgh in February (see Transplant Week story), died of head injuries sustained two days earlier in a car accident, according to the county coroner. Corry, 67, whose car had struck a tree, refused medical treatment at the scene, according to a spokesman for the coroner's office. Dr. Ricard Townsend, a trauma surgeon at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, noted that head injuries can cause bleeding or brain swelling that may lack immediate symptoms but can later dramatically worsen. When that occurs, patients often can't help themselves, he said. "The problem that he had is that he was alone following the accident," said Townsend. Other
sources: Pittsburgh Post Gazette |
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