Stanley Jacob

Stanley W. Jacob (January 7, 1924 – February 6, 2015) was an American surgeon specializing in organ transplantation. In the 1960s as head of the organ transplant team at Oregon Health & Science University he discovered tremendous advantages to using dimethyl sulfoxide (also known as DMSO) for the preservation of organ transplant tissue.^[1] Dr. Jacob spent much of his career researching DMSO and advocating for its approval as a safe and effective medication. He was appointed the Gerlinger Professor of the Department of Surgery at OHSU in 1981.^[2] He wrote and edited many books and papers on DMSO and was a book reviewer for JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association) until his death.

Stanley Jacob
Born	(1924-01-07)January 7, 1924 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	January 17, 2015(2015-01-17) (aged 91)
Medical career
Profession	Surgeon

Jacob was an Army Colonel and served in the Korean War as a captain.^[3]