Henry Feffer

Henry Leon Feffer (January 15, 1918 – May 9, 2011^[1]) of Bethesda, Maryland, was an American neurosurgeon. In the mid-1950s, he was one of the first medical doctors to systematically test whether low-back pain could be relieved with epidural injections of hydrocortisone. Today, physicians routinely give such injections before resorting to more invasive surgery. He was a Washington, D.C. spinal surgeon for more than four decades whose patients included Saddam Hussein.^[1]

Henry Feffer
Born	Henry Leon Feffer (1918-01-15)January 15, 1918 New York, U.S.
Died	May 9, 2011(2011-05-09) (aged 93) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater	Indiana University Indiana University School of Medicine
Spouse(s)	Jean Kaplan Feffer (m.?-1964) (her death) (3 children) Daisy Berkes Feffer (m.?-2001) (her death) (2 children)
Scientific career
Fields	Medicine, surgeon, spine, orthopedic surgeon, hydrocortisone, back pain, neurosurgeon
Institutions	George Washington University Medical School CARE The Gallinger Municipal Hospital in Washington, D.C. which later became, the now defunct, District of Columbia General Hospital United States Army Howard University College of Medicine National Zoo

Early life and childhood

Feffer was born on January 15, 1918, in New York City.

Education

Feffer graduated from Indiana University, and from the Indiana University School of Medicine. His orthopedic surgery internship was in The Gallinger Municipal Hospital in Washington, D.C. which later became, the now defunct, District of Columbia General Hospital.^[2]

Career

Feffer was an emeritus professor at George Washington University Medical School.

Death

Feffer died on May 9, 2011, of congestive heart failure at the age of 93.