Posted In General News on June 13, 2023
Dr. Nevins Todd was a guest of honor of the Junior Auxiliary Board at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional today for a very special event.
He was back where he pioneered open-heart surgery on the Delmarva Peninsula to autograph copies of his new book “Scrubbing In” 125 Years of Surgery at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional.
The 110-page book walks readers through the history of the Department of Surgery, its surgeons and leadership, and the progression of the profession through laparoscopic and robotic surgical specializations.
Dr. Todd is the oldest living surgeon to ever practice at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional. He’s also the only doctor until his retirement in 2000, who personally knew every surgeon to ever operate here; including its first, J. McFadden Dick, hired on the one-year anniversary of the hospital in 1898.
The retired cardiothoracic surgeon turned 90 in 2022 and has one of the most celebrated and respected legacies at the Salisbury, Md. hospital. He was born here in 1932. It’s the hospital his grandfather, George W. Todd, MD, founded as Peninsula General Hospital in 1897. It’s also the hospital where his son, Bill, practices emergency medicine.
However, and perhaps most importantly to this region, Dr. Nevins Todd has the distinction of performing TidalHealth Peninsula Regional’s initial open-heart surgery in 1974, Maryland’s first open heart operation outside the Baltimore/Washington area. It led to the establishment of the cardiothoracic surgery division and the physician practice that has become TidalHealth Cardiovascular Surgery.
Scrubbing In, which retails for $39.95, is actually Dr. Todd’s second book. He’s also the author of “The County Doctor,” which is the history of his grandfather, Dr. George W. Todd, as told through the writings of Nevins Todd’s father.
If you missed your opportunity today, Dr. Todd also has a book signing, lecture and three-course dinner event scheduled for July 18 at Green Hill County Club in Quantico, Md. There is a fee for the dinner. Reservations can be made by calling 410-749-5119, ext. 112. Books will be available for sale at the event.
We’re also told the Junior Board will have a limited amount of unsigned books available for sale.
You can also catch Dr. Todd on WMDT’s Good Morning Delmarva on Wednesday, June 21 at 6:20 am and on WBOC’s DelmarvaLife at 5 pm on Thursday, June 29. He’ll be discussing Scrubbing In and his career as a cardiothoracic surgeon on both programs.
