A nationally respected surgeon and teacher who died April 13, Dr. Hugh O. de Fries made groundbreaking contributions to the field of otolaryngology. While serving in the Navy Medical Corps, de Fries developed new reconstructive surgery techniques for Marines who suffered severe head and neck injuries in Vietnam, according to his obituary in the Washington Post. During his tenure at the National Naval Medical Center and later at the John Hopkins School of Medicine, he also pioneered chemotherapy treatments and new surgical techniques for the treatment of head and neck cancers.
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