Ernest Sachs

Ernest Sachs (January 25, 1879 – December 2, 1958) was an American neurosurgeon. The grandson of Goldman Sachs's founder, he became Professor of Neurosurgery at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1919. He was president of The Society of Neurological Surgeons from 1925 to 1927, and president of the American Neurological Association in 1943. Together with Harvey Cushing, he is known as the Father of Neurosurgery.

Early life Ernest Sachs was born on January 25, 1879, in New York City. His father, Julius Sachs, was an educator. His mother, Rosa Goldman, was the daughter of Goldman Sachs's founder Marcus Goldman. He grew up in New York City, where he learned to play the cello from the age of six. In 1904, he received a medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he was taught by Professor William Osler, and he completed his three-year residency under the supervision of Arpad Gester at Mount Sinai Hospital in 1907. He also served on the board of directors of the American Board of Neurological Surgery.

Personal life and death Sachs married Mary Parmly Koues, a playwright and poet, in 1913.

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