James Cimino

James E. Cimino (1928-11 February 2010[1]) was a physician who specialized in palliative care. He is best known for his invention of the Cimino fistula and for his work as an administrator at Calvary Hospital into the Palliative Care Center it is today.[2]

For the physician-scientist and biomedical informatician, see James J. Cimino.
James E. Cimino
Born1928
DiedFebruary 11, 2010
EducationNew York University School of Medicine
Occupationphysician
Known forCimino fistula, palliative care
Medical career
InstitutionsBronx Veterans Administration Medical Center, Calvary Hospital
ResearchHemodialysis, Nephrology

Dr. Cimino went to New York University School of Medicine and did his internal medicine residency at the University of Buffalo followed by a fellowship in physiology.[3][4] He then moved back to the Bronx to work at the Bronx Veterans Administration Medical Center where he started a program on dialysis. He developed techniques for employing Arteriovenous fistula in patients with chronic kidney failure, which led to a presentation in 1966 at the convention of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs. His presentation at first was met with indifference, but eventually was established as an important contribution to the field.[5]

References
  1. "JAMES e. CIMINO M.D. Obituary (2010) the Journal News".
  2. Konigsberg, Eric (8 July 2007). "Dr. Joseph Cimino, 73, Dies; Was Leader in Public Health". The New York Times. p. 17. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  3. "Dr. James e. Cimino".
  4. https://www.calvaryhospital.org/atf/cf/%7B3BCA17BA-DAEE-4731-849C-F7A7D100974B%7D/Cimino_James_FULL_obit.pdf
  5. Gupta, Nelly Edmondson (October 2006). "A Milestone in Hemodialysis: James E. Cimino, MD, and the Development of the AV Fistula". Renal & Urology News. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
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