Kermit E. Krantz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kermit E. Krantz

American physician

Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1923

Place of Birth: Oak Park, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 30-Jul-2007

Profession: university teacher, gynaecologist, obstetrician, urologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Kermit Edward Krantz (June 4, 1923 – July 30, 2007) was a surgeon, inventor and faculty member at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
He is most known as the co-developer of the Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz (MMK), a medical procedure for stress urinary incontinence which he performed over 5000 times.
He served as Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Kansas. He was largely credited with desegregating the maternity ward of that hospital in the 1960s.