Paul Randall Harrington, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paul Randall Harrington

American surgeon

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1911

Place of Birth: Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Date of Death: 29-Nov-1980

Profession: surgeon, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Paul Randall Harrington (September 27, 1911 – November 29, 1980) was an American orthopaedic surgeon.
He is best known as the designer of the Harrington Rod, the first device for the straightening and immobilization of the spine inside the body.
It entered common use in the early 1960s and remained the gold standard for scoliosis surgery until the late 1990s.
During this period over one million people benefited from Harrington's procedure.