title: The history of neurosurgery in Memphis: the Semmes-Murphey Clinic and the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine.
abstract: Neurological surgery was defined as a separate surgical specialty by Harvey Cushing and a few other surgeons, most of whom were trained and influenced by Cushing. One of these, Raphael Eustace Semmes, became the first neurosurgeon in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1912. After World War II, Semmes and his first associate, Francis Murphey, incorporated the Semmes-Murphey Clinic, which has been primarily responsible for the growth of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, as well as the development of select neurosurgical subspecialties in Memphis area hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Dee J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Canale
authors.forename: Clarence B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Watridge
authors.forename: Tyler S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Fuehrer
authors.forename: Jon H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history / Q000601:surgery; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history*; D013714:Tennessee; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities / Q000266:history*