{{Short description|American academic (1920–2008)}} {{Multiple issues| {{One source|date=July 2020}} {{COI|date=July 2020}} }} '''Robert Francis Maronde''' (January 13, 1920 – August 13, 2008) was a professor at the [[Keck School of Medicine of USC|University of Southern California Medical School]]. He helped create an [[artificial kidney]], and the first computerized [[pharmacy]] system in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=USC professor helped create artificial kidney|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-30-me-maronde30-story.html|date=2008-08-30|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mclellan |first=Dennis |date=30 August 2008 |title=USC professor helped create artificial kidney |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-30-me-maronde30-story.html |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref>
==Early life and education== The son of a physician father, Maronde was born in [[Monterey Park, California]], on January 13, 1920. He graduated from [[South Pasadena High School]] in 1937, received his [[bachelor's degree]] from the [[University of Southern California]] in 1941 and earned his medical degree from the University of Southern California School of Medicine in 1944. He was a ship's doctor in the [[United States Navy Medical Corps]] while on active duty in the Naval Reserve from 1946 to 1947.{{cn|date=July 2020}}<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/700603538/ "Culver Man Plays Part in 'Sea Drama'"], ''Evening Vanguard'', Venice, California, volume XXII, number 189, January 17, 1946, page 1.</ref>
==Career== In 1949, in collaboration with Helen Martin, Maronde implemented a [[hemodialysis]] program for [[acute renal failure]] at what is now [[Los Angeles County]]-[[University of Southern California|USC]] Medical Center. With their creation of an artificial kidney—it used a stainless-steel beer keg as a reservoir—they were at the forefront of medical innovation.
In the late 1960s, Maronde developed one of the first—if not the first—computerized prescription drug systems, which was launched in the outpatient pharmacy at County-USC.
==Personal life== Maronde had four children.{{cn|date=July 2020}}
==References== <references /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Maronde, Robert F.}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2008 deaths]] [[Category:University of Southern California faculty]] [[Category:USC Keck School of Medicine alumni]] [[Category:United States Navy Medical Corps officers]]