Obituary for Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., M.D.

Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., MD (Photo 1) passed away on Sunday, 17 March 2019, at the age of 88. Dr. Pruitt had a major and sustained international impact on the fields of surgery, burns care, trauma, and critical care. He was a teacher and mentor as well as an old friend to many Japanese physicians in the fields of trauma, burns, and acute medicine. He was inducted as the first foreign honorary member of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine (JAAM) in 2011(Photo 2)