Arthur M. Shipley

Dr. Arthur M. Shipley (1878–1955) was a renowned American surgeon and native Marylander. In 1911, Dr. Shipley was appointed chairman of surgery at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. He was a wartime surgeon and published 80 diverse manuscripts ranging from femoral fractures to dehisced abdominal incisions. Of historical significance is the fact that Dr. Shipley resected the first preoperatively diagnosed pheochromocytoma on June 27, 1928. He was well known by his contemporaries as a clinician with compulsive attention to detail and in-depth knowledge of the medical and surgical literature. Dr. Shipley was elected to membership in the Southern Surgical Association in 1927, and in 1943 served as vice president of the American Surgical Association. He remained at the University of Maryland School of Medicine until his retirement in 1948.