David Hayes Agnew

David Hayes Agnew (November 24, 1818 – March 22, 1892) was an American surgeon, anatomist, and educator. During the American Civil War he worked as a surgeon at Satterlee General Hospital, Hestonville Military Hospital, and as consulting surgeon to a staff of 47 resident physicians at Mower General Hospital in Philadelphia. He purchased and taught at the Philadelphia School of Anatomy and founded the Philadelphia School of Operative Anatomy. He worked as a surgeon at the Philadelphia General Hospital, Pennsylvania Hospital, Wills Eye Hospital, and Orthopedic Hospital.

He held multiple academic positions at the University of Pennsylvania including professor of clinical surgery, professor of principles and practices of surgery, professor emeritus of surgery, and honorary professor of clinical surgery. He served as president of several medical societies including the American Surgical Association and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. He was the chief surgeon in attendance after the shooting of President James A. Garfield.

The Agnew Clinic painting by Thomas Eakins was commissioned in 1889 to commemorate Agnew's retirement from the University of Pennsylvania.