Dr. Foley was the inventor of the Foley urinary catheter, commonly called simply "a Foley".
The following is taken verbatim from an obituary in the Minneapolis Star, March 24, 1966:
Dr. Frederick EB Foley, urologist, dies at 74
Dr. Foley, Urologist, 74, and the inventor of a self-retaining bag catheter which bears his name, died in St. Paul today.
Dr. Foley had been ill several months.
He was born at St. Cloud, Minn., and was graduated from Yale University and Johns Hopkins Medical School.
Early in his career Dr. Foley was assistant pathologist at Johns Hopkins and went to Boston, Mass., where he conducted research for several years.
Headed Department
In 1920 Dr. Foley established the Department of Urology at Anchor Hospital, St. Paul and was chief of the department until 1964.
Dr. Foley invented the catheter in 1929 which is used all over the world. He also devised a kidney surgical procedure now considered classical in urological surgery.
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1955 awarded Dr. Foley the Francis Amory Septennial Award for his outstanding contributions to urology.
He is a former professor of clinical urology at University of Minnesota Medical School and practiced medicine in St. Paul from 1922 and [sic] 1960. The new St. Paul Ramsey Hospital department of urology is named in his honor.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Donald Stewart, Birmingham, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Christopher O'Brien, St. Peter, Minn., and Mrs. Anne Phelps, St. Paul; two brothers, Arthur and Philip, and five grandchildren.
Services will be private.
Further biographical information can be found at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Foley
and
https://urologichistory.museum/histories/people-in-urology/f/frederic-eugene-basil-foley
The following is taken verbatim from an obituary in the Minneapolis Star, March 24, 1966:
Dr. Frederick EB Foley, urologist, dies at 74
Dr. Foley, Urologist, 74, and the inventor of a self-retaining bag catheter which bears his name, died in St. Paul today.
Dr. Foley had been ill several months.
He was born at St. Cloud, Minn., and was graduated from Yale University and Johns Hopkins Medical School.
Early in his career Dr. Foley was assistant pathologist at Johns Hopkins and went to Boston, Mass., where he conducted research for several years.
Headed Department
In 1920 Dr. Foley established the Department of Urology at Anchor Hospital, St. Paul and was chief of the department until 1964.
Dr. Foley invented the catheter in 1929 which is used all over the world. He also devised a kidney surgical procedure now considered classical in urological surgery.
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1955 awarded Dr. Foley the Francis Amory Septennial Award for his outstanding contributions to urology.
He is a former professor of clinical urology at University of Minnesota Medical School and practiced medicine in St. Paul from 1922 and [sic] 1960. The new St. Paul Ramsey Hospital department of urology is named in his honor.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Donald Stewart, Birmingham, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Christopher O'Brien, St. Peter, Minn., and Mrs. Anne Phelps, St. Paul; two brothers, Arthur and Philip, and five grandchildren.
Services will be private.
Further biographical information can be found at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Foley
and
https://urologichistory.museum/histories/people-in-urology/f/frederic-eugene-basil-foley
Dr. Foley was the inventor of the Foley urinary catheter, commonly called simply "a Foley".
The following is taken verbatim from an obituary in the Minneapolis Star, March 24, 1966:
Dr. Frederick EB Foley, urologist, dies at 74
Dr. Foley, Urologist, 74, and the inventor of a self-retaining bag catheter which bears his name, died in St. Paul today.
Dr. Foley had been ill several months.
He was born at St. Cloud, Minn., and was graduated from Yale University and Johns Hopkins Medical School.
Early in his career Dr. Foley was assistant pathologist at Johns Hopkins and went to Boston, Mass., where he conducted research for several years.
Headed Department
In 1920 Dr. Foley established the Department of Urology at Anchor Hospital, St. Paul and was chief of the department until 1964.
Dr. Foley invented the catheter in 1929 which is used all over the world. He also devised a kidney surgical procedure now considered classical in urological surgery.
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1955 awarded Dr. Foley the Francis Amory Septennial Award for his outstanding contributions to urology.
He is a former professor of clinical urology at University of Minnesota Medical School and practiced medicine in St. Paul from 1922 and [sic] 1960. The new St. Paul Ramsey Hospital department of urology is named in his honor.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Donald Stewart, Birmingham, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Christopher O'Brien, St. Peter, Minn., and Mrs. Anne Phelps, St. Paul; two brothers, Arthur and Philip, and five grandchildren.
Services will be private.
Further biographical information can be found at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Foley
and
https://urologichistory.museum/histories/people-in-urology/f/frederic-eugene-basil-foley
The following is taken verbatim from an obituary in the Minneapolis Star, March 24, 1966:
Dr. Frederick EB Foley, urologist, dies at 74
Dr. Foley, Urologist, 74, and the inventor of a self-retaining bag catheter which bears his name, died in St. Paul today.
Dr. Foley had been ill several months.
He was born at St. Cloud, Minn., and was graduated from Yale University and Johns Hopkins Medical School.
Early in his career Dr. Foley was assistant pathologist at Johns Hopkins and went to Boston, Mass., where he conducted research for several years.
Headed Department
In 1920 Dr. Foley established the Department of Urology at Anchor Hospital, St. Paul and was chief of the department until 1964.
Dr. Foley invented the catheter in 1929 which is used all over the world. He also devised a kidney surgical procedure now considered classical in urological surgery.
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1955 awarded Dr. Foley the Francis Amory Septennial Award for his outstanding contributions to urology.
He is a former professor of clinical urology at University of Minnesota Medical School and practiced medicine in St. Paul from 1922 and [sic] 1960. The new St. Paul Ramsey Hospital department of urology is named in his honor.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Donald Stewart, Birmingham, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Christopher O'Brien, St. Peter, Minn., and Mrs. Anne Phelps, St. Paul; two brothers, Arthur and Philip, and five grandchildren.
Services will be private.
Further biographical information can be found at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Foley
and
https://urologichistory.museum/histories/people-in-urology/f/frederic-eugene-basil-foley
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