Porter Paisley Vinson was a surgeon at the Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit medical practice and medical research group specializing in treating difficult patients . Patients are referred to Mayo Clinic from across the U.S. and the world, and it is known for innovative and effective treatments. Mayo Clinic is known for being at the top of...

. He was born in 1890 to William Daniel Vinson and Lillie Helper Vinson. He was a doctor of Bronchoscopy

Bronchoscopy

Bronchoscopy is a technique of visualizing the inside of the airways for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. An instrument is inserted into the airways, usually through the nose or mouth, or occasionally through a tracheostomy. This allows the practitioner to examine the patient's airways for...

. He married Lenore Dunlap and had three children. He died in 1959. He is best known for his contribution to medicine in the study of Plummer-Vinson syndrome

Plummer-Vinson syndrome

Plummer–Vinson syndrome , also called Paterson–Brown–Kelly syndrome or sideropenic dysphagia presents as a triad of dysphagia , glossitis, and iron deficiency anemia...

. There is an award given in his name to promising students in Chemistry at Davidson College, NC

Davidson, North Carolina

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. His father at one point was the only Mathematics professor at Davidson.
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Davidson College

Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. The college has graduated 23 Rhodes Scholars and is consistently ranked in the top ten liberal arts colleges in the country by U.S. News and World Report magazine, although it has recently dropped to 11th in U.S. News...

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