title: Marinos Gerulanos (1867 - 1960): charismatic Greek, surgeon, humanist and benefactor.
abstract: Marinos Gerulanos, who was a Professor of Surgery and President of the Academy of Athens, was one of the most prominent of Greek surgeons. He made major contributions to the treatment of disease, to the organization of nursing and to medical education in Greece in the first half of the twentieth century.
authors: Department of Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece. dr_kamast@yahoo.gr
authors: Aikaterini
authors: A
authors: Mastoraki
authors: Argiris
authors: A
authors: Michalopoulos
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000266:history*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D006115:Greece; D006676:History of Nursing; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans