Dr. Hiram S. Yellen, MD

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Dr. Hiram S. Yellen, MD

Also Known As: "Hyme", "Chaim"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Raczki, Suwalki, Biyalstok, Poland
Death: September 1969 (75)
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States
Place of Burial: Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Abram Yellen and Bessie Wallens
Brother of Jack Yellen; Max. M. Yellen; Dr. Irving Yellen, MD; Maurice Yellen; Samuel L Yellen and 1 other

Occupation: obstetrician, inventor, colonel in the US Army, assistant medical examiner in the Buffalo Dept. of Health, Physician
Managed by: Hatte Anne Blejer
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About Dr. Hiram S. Yellen, MD

Attended The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor where he received a BS in 1915. Attended The University of Buffalo where he received an M.D.

Invented the Yellin Clamp, used in circumcision. Also one of the two inventors of the Gomco Clamp, used for the same purpose.

Dr Hiram Yellen, an obstetrician and a veteran of both the First World War and the Second World War, invented the Gomco clamp on the basis of his experience of using a Ford motor tyre lever.

  1. Goldstein AA. Bloodless circumcision clamp. US Patent #119,180 Filed 16 March 1939.
  2. Yellen HS. Bloodless circumcision of the newborn. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1935;30:146-7.

Sources

"Buffalo Jan 4 1921: I herewith nominate Dr Hiram Yellen of No 241 Cedar street for appointment to the position of Assistant Medical School Examiner in the Department of Health salary $780.00 per year vice Dr TV Bauer transferred to another position Dr Yellen has been temporarily filling this position since October 23 1919 and being in schedule C of the Civil Service there is no eligible list for same Received filed and appointment made"

Ayes Buck Graves Kreinheder Malone Perkins 5

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Dr. Hiram S. Yellen, MD's Timeline

1894
February 25, 1894
Raczki, Suwalki, Biyalstok, Poland
1969
September 1969
Age 75
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States
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Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States