The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 57, 502-505, Copyright © 1994 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Chevalier Jackson: the father of American bronchoesophagoscopy
AD Boyd
Department of Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016.
Chevalier Jackson was involved with bronchoesophagoscopy from the late
1800s until shortly before his death in 1958. A pioneer in the field, he
developed numerous instruments used in peroral endoscopy and taught their
safe and effective use. Most of the next generation of leaders in the field
of bronchoesophagoscopy were trained in his clinics in Pittsburgh and in
Philadelphia, where he held academic appointments at the six leading
medical institutions of these cities. He was a keen observer, inventor,
prolific writer, and humanitarian.