What is Frank Jobe?
{{Infobox person | birth_name = Frank Wilson Jobe | birth_date= {{Birth date|1925|7|16}} | birth_place= [[Greensboro, North Carolina]], U.S. | death_date= {{death date and age|2014|3|6|1925|7|16}} | death_place= [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S. | nationality= American | spouse= Beverly Jobe; 4 children | occupation= [[Orthopedic surgery|Orthopedic surgeon]] | known_for= Pioneering [[Tommy John surgery]] | education= [[La Sierra University]]<br>[[Loma Linda University]] | religion= }} '''Frank Wilson Jobe''' (July 16, 1925&nbsp;– March 6, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Orthopedic surgery|orthopedic surgeon]] and co-founder of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic. Jobe invented a kind of elbow operation for [[baseball]] players. This surgery is called [[Tommy John surgery]].<ref name=nytimes_obit>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/07/sports/baseball/dr-frank-jobe-who-pioneered-tommy-john-surgery-dies-at-88.html?hpw&rref=sports|title=Frank Jobe, Surgeon Who Saved Pitchers’ Careers, Dies at 88|first=Richard|last=Goldstein|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 6, 2014|accessdate=March 7, 2014}}</ref> Jobe died on March 6, 2014 in [[Santa Monica, California]], aged 88.<ref>{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Dayn |url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24471145/dodgers-announce-passing-of-dr-frank-jobe-at-age-88 |title=Dodgers announce the passing of Dr. Frank Jobe at age 88 |publisher=Cbssports.com |date=June 11, 2008 |accessdate=March 7, 2014 |archive-date=March 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307074336/http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24471145/dodgers-announce-passing-of-dr-frank-jobe-at-age-88 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jobe, Frank}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:American physicians]] [[Category:People from Greensboro, North Carolina]] {{US-bio-stub}}