Eugene Bishop Mumford

His practice was interrupted by WWI, where he served as a captain at the "Eli Lilly" Base Hospital No.

[2] He later was appointed to the faculty at the Medical College of Indiana and was one of the first surgeons at the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Crippled Children.

[7] The surgery aims to relieve shoulder pain by removing a small part of the clavicle, or collar bone.

Patients with inflammation, swelling, or osteoarthritis in the acromioclavicular (AC) joint elect to have this procedure, if alternative solutions like physical therapy and cortisone injections are unsuccessful.

The surgery can be performed using an open or arthroscopic procedure, and typically requires ten weeks recovery time.