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Re: Remembering Bill McKinneyFrom: Dr. Fazeel-uz-Zaman (fazeel@abt.wol.net.pk)Sat Nov 1 13:05:13 2003
Indeed a great man........of course great loss to all of us. May God give patience and peace to his all family(relatives, students, colleagues) fazeel -----Original Message----- From: ultrasound-history@medispecialty.com [mailto:ultrasound-history@medispecialty.com] On Behalf Of Marveen Craig Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 10:20 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND-HISTORY Subject: Remembering Bill McKinney Dear Fazeel, It is a pleasure to tell you more about Bill McKinney. I first met him in 1966, when I was working as a "secretary" in the ultrasound laboratory of Dr. Joseph Holmes in Denver, Colorado. He was a frequent visitor to the lab because of his interest in diagnostic ultrasound and its applications to the brain. Initially, he focused on A-mode echoencephalography, and organized one of the first and most effective clinical services for using echoencephalography in the neurological field. But, first and foremost, he was a teacher who loved sharing knowledge. He developed one of the first schools of ultrasound at Bowman Gray Medical School, which continues to operate to this day [under the direction of Dr. Frederick Kremkau]. Many of the scanning protocols we use today were introduced there. I think the school's acceptance and success was directly related to Dr. McKinney. This was best stated by one of his protégés, Dr. Eric Blackwell who said ..."he had a knack for getting all sorts of people from the medical center involved in ultrasound in the early days. In addition to physicians from cardiology, obstetrics and gynecology, nephrology, neurology and radiology he also involved teachers from the basic medical sciences, particularly from the anatomy department. " Dr. McKinney's efforts in education brought him involvement in over 20 different countries outside of the United States. In those early days, Bill McKinney worked very closely with his good friend Dr. Fritz Thurstone, whose biomedical engineering lab at Duke University was responsible for many of the important advances in transducer design and signal processing. McKinney was a founding member of the American Neurosonology Society, which annually bestows the McKinney Award, based on clinical research in Neurosonology. His interests were wide and varied and he had an almost visionary talent in searching out clinical applications for neurosonology. One that few people are aware of, was in the field of amateur sports medicine. He became interested in the high level of sports related concussions occurring in the USA yearly. Although most of them are mild and brief, McKinney understood that deficits could be severe or persistent, especially with repeat incidents. Because "return to play" decisions in US amateur athletics are based on symptoms, symptom based guidelines, or neurophysiological testing, he advocated the use of. transcranial Doppler ultrasound as a safe, noninvasive method to study cerebral hemodynamics and responsiveness. A pilot study showed that transcranial Doppler could assess cerebral hemodynamics and responsiveness, potentially reveal pathophysiological mechanisms, identify opportunities for acute treatments, and serve as an additional objective measure to assist with return-to-play decisions. Bill McKinney was always in motion. I seldom saw him sitting still. Although I lost personal contact with him after I retired, I was still able to keep up with his prodigious accomplishments through the internet. One of his last projects was co-authoring a book: VASCULAR ULTRASOUND OF THE NECK, AN INTERPRETIVE ATLAS, (along with Antonio Alayon, MD, published in 2000). Bill McKinney always gave of his time freely, serving on countless committees and boards and as president of numerous medical and ultrasound organizations. He had the kind of personality that could charm the birds out of the trees. He was always enthusiastic, friendly and willing to roll up his sleeves to get a job done. He was the most engaging Southern gentlemen I have ever known, and he always fought for the "underdog". The number of lives he touched and improved must surely number in the thousands. He never took himself seriously and would get a very puzzled look when people singled him out for praise. Then that wry smile would cross his face, his eyes would crinkle, and he would make some humorous comment and redirect attention away from himself. That is how I will always remember him. Marveen ========================== ============= Dr. Fazeel-uz-Zaman wrote: Thank you very much......Marveen for introducing a great man. Liked your description. Please share more about him whatever you can. At least i'm deeply interested in knowing more about him. fazeel
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