Recollections on Dr John H. Gibbon, Jr Anthony R.C. Dobell, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 76, Issue 6, Pages S2201-S2202 (December 2003) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.09.006

Fig 1 Doctor Gibbon's “Ribcrackers” at Jefferson Medical College. (Left to right), seated: John J. McKeown, Jr, General and Thoracic Surgery, Clinical Professor of Surgery, Secretary American Board of Surgery, Wynnewood, PA; J. Lewis Wilkerson, Urology, Philadelphia, PA*; John J. DeTuerk, General and Thoracic Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Chairman, Department of Surgery, Methodist Hospital, Philadelphia, PA*; John H. Gibbon, Jr, Samuel D. Gross Professor of Surgery and Head of the Department, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA*; John Y. Templeton III, General and Thoracic Surgery, Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Samuel D. Gross Professor of Surgery and Head of the Department, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Bryn Mawr, PA; Thomas A. Nealon, Jr, General and Thoracic Surgery, Professor of Surgery, New York University and New York Medical College, Director of Surgery. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 76, S2201-S2202DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.09.006)

Fig 2 Doctor Gibbon, in retirement, painting. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 76, S2201-S2202DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.09.006)