John Kelso Ormond

John Kelso Ormond (* 1886 in Armstrong County ( Pennsylvania), † February 25, 1978 in Ann Arbor ( Michigan)) was an American urologist. He gained importance by the description of retroperitoneal fibrosis in 1948, which is also known as Albarran - Ormond syndrome or Ormond's disease.

John Kelso Ormond was the son of Alexander Thomas Ormond (1847-1915), Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy at the State University in Minnesota and later at Princeton University, and Mary Huston (nee Simons).

Works

  • Ormond JK: Bilateral ureteral obstruction due to envelopment and compression by inflammatory retroperitoneal process to; Journal of Urology, Baltimore, 1948, 59: 1072-1079
  • Ormond, JK: Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: a discussion of the etiology '; Journal of Urology, Baltimore, 1965, 94: 385-90
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