Walter S. Kerr Jr., 96, innovative urology surgeon at MGH

As much a product of an agricultural childhood as he was of his medical training, Dr. Walter S. Kerr Jr. brought a fix-it inquisitiveness to his work as a urologist, crafting innovative approaches to surgery that he passed on to generations of students. Kerr, HMS clinical professor of surgery, emeritus, at Massachusetts General Hospital, died on March 31 at the age of 96.

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