Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Argenziano


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The result was KEEP. fulfils notability cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:52, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Michael Argenziano
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Article fails WP:NOTABILITY. Article was created by an WP:SPA account with no other edits other than related to columbiasurgery.org. possible copyvio http://www.columbiasurgery.org/about/dir_staff.html. Self-promotion and product placement are not the routes to having an encyclopaedia article. Hu12 (talk) 07:28, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete No sources independent of the subject. Delete all of the Columbia surgeon articles currently in AfD for the same reason. DarkAudit (talk) 14:41, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, insufficient third-party sources. -- Renesis (talk) 21:06, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.   —Espresso Addict (talk) 23:02, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. While I agree that a number of this series are not worthy of articles I believe this is an exception. Medline has 78 papers by "M Argenziano", including several reviews, nearly all of which seem to be his, and Google Scholar finds three papers with over a hundred citations, a further five with over fifty, and a further nine with over twenty. He has edited or co-edited two books (one in press). He is the lead investigator on several multicentre trials of robotic surgery, see eg . He has been featured by Crain's New York Business, which states he was the first US surgeon to perform a coronary bypass using robotic surgery. as well as New York Magazine "Best Doctor Hall of Fame 2002" . He has received several prizes, at least some of which seem notable, eg Allen O. Whipple Prize for Excellence in Surgery, Blakemore Award for Excellence in Surgical Research, Sandoz Award for Excellence in Research, and Claire-Lucille Pace Humanitarian Award. I believe he meets WP:PROF. Espresso Addict (talk) 01:48, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.   —Espresso Addict (talk) 01:49, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Passes every criterion of WP:PROF, as demonstrated by Espresso Addict. Phil Bridger (talk) 08:14, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep because he passes every criterion of WP:PROF. Vegetationlife (talk) 21:57, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep This article seems fine. Every account starts as an WP:SPA. Figures in robotic surgery are notable enough due to the fact that the extremely technical nature of the field limits the number of practitioners. « D. Trebbien ( talk ) 21:33 2008 February 3 (UTC)


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