January 10, 2003

In memoriam

Marshall K. Bartlett, MD, former director of MGH Operating Rooms, died Dec. 14 at the age of 98. He joined the MGH surgical team in 1932.

Bartlett introduced and promoted a number of new approaches to the management of surgical diseases, such as modified radical mastectomy. He pioneered the formation of a group practice involving MGH surgeons; its development ultimately provided the foundation of the Department of Surgery as it exists today.

In his honor, the MGH Department of Surgery had recently endowed the Marshall K. Bartlett Professorship of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.

For those who would like to contribute to the Marshall K. Bartlett Surgical Fellowship, donations can be sent to the MGH Development Office, 55 Fruit St., Boston, MA 02114.