Meet Dr. Frank Jobe

Dr. Frank Jobe is probably the most famous doctor you have probably never heard of.

Dr. Jobe developed a surgery sometimes referred to as ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction surgery.

This surgery is known worldwide as "Tommy John Surgery".  The surgery fixes a (normally) repetitive injury in the elbow.  It corrects a very common injury that occurs in baseball pitchers.   About half of the pitchers who undergo the surgery are eventually able to continue a career that would otherwise have ended due to the injury that the surgery corrects.

What this guy basically did was say:  "Hey,  I have an idea.  Why don't we take a tendon from over here, drill a bunch of holes in the elbow and use the tendon to hold the whole thing together."

And for his bother, we named the surgery after the guy on whom it was first performed.

To me, this is sort of like naming a song after the brand of piano its played on. 

I wonder if it pissed him off.  I wonder if it would have pissed me off.

Anyway, even though he died a couple years ago, meet Dr. Frank Jobe.  The most famous doctor you're probably never heard of.