Notable people · Physician · Cardiologist
Franklin Mason Sones Jr.
Mason Sones joined the Cleveland Clinic in 1950 and led its cardiovascular disease department from 1966 to 1975. On October 30, 1958 an accidental injection of dye into a coronary artery led him to develop selective coronary angiography. He was born in Mississippi, died in Cleveland, and is buried at Evergreen Cemetery there.
At a glance
- Born
- 1918-10-28
- Died
- 1985-08-28
- Education
- Western Maryland College (now McDaniel), Westminster, MD, to 1940, B.A.
- University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, to 1943, M.D.
- Known as
- Physician, Cardiologist
- Organizations
- Cleveland Clinic
Life story
Mason Sones was born in Noxapater, Mississippi, in 1918. He graduated from Western Maryland College in 1940 and earned his M.D. at the University of Maryland in 1943.
He served in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific in 1944-46 and joined the Cleveland Clinic in 1950.
In 1958 an accidental dye injection into a coronary artery led him to develop selective coronary angiography. His colleague Favaloro called him the most important contributor to modern cardiology.
He died in Cleveland in 1985 and is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Chagrin Falls.
Timeline
- 1918-10-28: Born (Noxapater, MS) source
- 1940: Graduates Western Maryland College (Westminster, MD) source
- 1942: Marries Geraldine Newton ((not stated)) source
- 1943: M.D., University of Maryland (Baltimore, MD) source
- 1950: Joins Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH) source
- 1958-10-30: Accidental injection leads to selective coronary angiography (Cleveland, OH) source
- 1978: AMA Scientific Achievement Award (United States) source
- 1985-08-28: Dies (Cleveland, OH) source
What Franklin is known for
- Developed coronary angiography at the Cleveland Clinic, 1958
- Selective coronary angiography (1958)
Inventions and firsts
- Coronary angiography (1958)
Honors and things named for them
- Gairdner Foundation International Award (1969)
- Ray C. Fish Award, Texas Heart Institute (1973)
- AMA Scientific Achievement Award (1978)
- First president, Society for Cardiac Angiography
Family
- wife: Geraldine Newton
- son: Frank Mason Sones III
- colleague: René Favaloro
Places in Ohio to see
- Evergreen Cemetery (grave) (grave)
506 S Franklin St, Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga County ZIP 44022 · Chagrin Falls · Cuyahoga County · official page
Ohio places
Where Franklin Mason Sones Jr. was born, lived, worked and is remembered, with the ZIP code, town and county pages for each.
- Worked: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County (Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave) Cleveland · Cuyahoga County
- Buried: Chagrin Falls (Evergreen Cemetery), Cuyahoga County (506 S Franklin St) ZIP 44022 · Chagrin Falls · Cuyahoga County
Myths and corrections
- Wikipedia says he is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Chagrin Falls, while the Cleveland encyclopedia lists Evergreen Cemetery in Cleveland.
Further reading
Sources
Confidence. High: the main facts were confirmed in sources we opened.
- F. Mason Sones (Wikipedia) life, honors, burial