Robert Abbe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Abbe

American surgeon and radiologist

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1851

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 07-Mar-1928

Profession: physicist, surgeon, oncologist, radiologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Robert Abbe (April 13, 1851 – March 7, 1928) was an American surgeon and pioneer radiologist in New York City.
He was born in New York City and educated at the College of the City of New York (S.B., 1871) and Columbia University (M.D., 1874).Abbe was most known as a plastic surgeon, and between 1877 and 1884 he served as a surgeon and professor of surgery at the New York Hospital, St.
Luke's Hospital, and the New York Babies Hospital.
During this time, he would spend summers travelling, and he amassed a large collection of Native American artifacts and archeological materials. He is credited with the lip switch flap, which now bears his name.
An Italian surgeon named Sabattini described the flap 60 years earlier.
Although Sabattini published his technique, it was printed in a book with a limited circulation.He died of anemia, possibly due to his work handling radium.