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Coat, Laboratory

Object number2008.103.1

Manufacturer VF Imagewear, Inc.

Date1990-1999

OriginHonduras

MediumCotton/polyester; plastic

Credit LineGift of Thomas Starzl, M.D.

DescriptionLong sleeve, white cotton/polyester blend lab coat. Proper left breast pocket; above pocket, doctor name in black embroidery. Two side pockets. Five clear plastic buttons down front.DimensionsHeight x Width (On form): 41.25 × 30 in. (104.8 × 76.2 cm)
Height: 42.125 in. (107 cm)
InscriptionsProper left breast pocket has black embroidered text above "Thomas E. Starzl, M.D., Ph.D."
MarksTwo cloth maker tags in collar:
Top tag has text "RED KAP / [logo of red baseball cap]";
Bottom tag has text including "[care instructions] / 80% POLYESTER / 20% COTTON / VF IMAGEWEAR, INC. / MADE IN / HONDURAS / ... / 40-RG".
Historical NotesMedical lab coat worn by Thomas E. Starzl, renowned doctor and researcher in organ transplants. Considered “the father of liver transplantation,” Dr. Starzl built the largest liver transplant program in the world at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). Starzl had performed the world’s first liver transplant in 1968, at the University of Colorado. Instrumental in the development of the anti-rejection drug cyclosporine, he was recruited to develop and head UPMC’s liver transplant program. Arriving in Pittsburgh in 1981, he made major advances not just in the operating room, but also in the laboratory. Thomas E. Starzl was born on March 11, 1926, in LeMars, Iowa, the son of newspaper editor and science fiction writer Roman Frederick Starzl. Starzl attended Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, where in 1950, he received a Master of Science degree in anatomy and in 1952 earned a Ph.D. Starzl researched at the University of Colorado and later the University of Pittsburgh, gaining world-wide recognition in then-unknown field of organ transplantation.

Previous owner Thomas E. Starzl M.D. (born 1926)

Related institution University of Pittsburgh

Related institution University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Related institution University of Colorado

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