Isaac Alexander Bigger

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Title

Isaac Alexander Bigger

Subject

VUMC History

Description

Photographic portrait of Isaac Alexander Bigger. Dr. Bigger was a surgeon who earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia in 1919. He eventually became Associate Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt, where he remained until 1930, when he became Professor and Head of the Department of Surgery at the Medical College of Virginia, becoming the youngest departmental head in the United States at that time. Dr. Bigger was a pioneer in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, but his surgical interests were protean.

Creator

Anonymous

Source

Vanderbilt University History of Medicine Collections Photographic Archive

Date

1930 (circa)

Rights

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Type

Still Image

Identifier

254

Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photographic print

Physical Dimensions

4 in. x 5 in.

Contribution Form

Online Submission

No

Collection

VUMC People

Citation

Anonymous, “Isaac Alexander Bigger,” VUMC Through Time: A Photographic Archive, accessed August 1, 2026, https://eblthroughtime.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/1954.

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