Ron Lapin

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Dr. Ronald Lapin (1941-1995) pioneered and advocated for excellence in surgical skill through the use of the electric scalpel, thereby eliminating the need for blood transfusions. He first became interested in this procedure when he was approached by a Jehovah's Witness in need of surgery (but due to religious beliefs, could not accept any blood transfusions).He founded a bloodless surgery center in Norwalk, California. For his challenges to common medical practices, which Lepin presented as substandard and unacceptable, he experienced attacks and sabotage. His career is the subject of the book No Man's Blood.

As happens with the work of many of science's radical pioneers, throughout the world today many hospitals now accept and routinely use Dr. Lapin's techniques for successful, bloodless surgeries for issues ranging from brain surgery to open heart surgery to cancer removal. An example is Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood, New Jersey.