%0 Journal Article %A Michael C. Trotter %T Champ Lyons, MD The Ochsner Years: 1945–1950 %D 2009 %J Ochsner Journal %P 163-167 %V 9 %N 3 %X Since its founding, the Ochsner Clinic Foundation has been associated with many “giants” in their respective fields. A hallmark of these associations has been the selection of individuals based on superior ability and integrity. Champ Lyons was a staff surgeon at Ochsner from 1945 to 1950. His time in New Orleans was the final step to the pinnacle of a brilliant, yet brief, surgical career. This bright shining star of American surgery influenced, and was influenced by, Ochsner. %U https://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/ochjnl/9/3/163.full.pdf