title: The Homans family in American surgery.
abstract: Within the Homans family is a display of duty to country and service to humanity that is as old as our country, and the contributions of this American family should not go unappreciated. In addition to the Homans' sign, 5 generations of John Homans have contributed much to our current understanding and practice of surgery. Herein we briefly outline the contributions that the Homans family has made to American surgery.
authors.affiliation: *Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; and †Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Neal R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Barshes
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belkin
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008404:Massachusetts; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000266:history*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history