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John Carter Callaghan, OC AOE (October 1, 1923 – April 6, 2004) was a Canadian cardiac surgeon who "pioneered open-heart surgery in Alberta" [1]. Born in Hamilton, Ontario on October 1, 1923, [2] he received his medical degree from the University of Toronto in 1946.
Pierre Grondin (August 18, 1925 – January 17, 2006) was a Canadian cardiac surgeon who was one of the first doctors to perform a successful heart transplant. [1] [2] He brought many innovations to the Montreal Heart Institute after his post-graduate training with pioneers Michael DeBakey and Denton Cooley in Houston, Texas.
Rao is credited with building Canada's largest Advanced Heart Failure Program. [1] He was also the first cardiovascular surgeon in Canada to implant HeartMate, a mechanical heart technology he imported from his experience under Dr. Mehmet Oz of the "Dr. Oz Show" in New York. [1] He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of ...
Peter Allen (December 13, 1921 – November 17, 2014) was a Canadian surgeon who played a leading role in improving cardiac surgery techniques. Along with Dr. Philip Ashmore, Dr. W.G. (Bill) Trapp and Dr. Ross Robertson, he performed the first Open Heart Surgery in British Columbia on 29 October 1957 at Vancouver General Hospital, by closing an Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) in 9 year old John ...
Surgeon in the field of congenital heart defects William Thornton Mustard OC MBE (August 8, 1914 – December 11, 1987) was a Canadian physician and cardiac surgeon . In 1949, he was one of the first to perform open-heart surgery using a mechanical heart pump and biological lung on a dog at the Banting Institute.
Wilfred Gordon "Bill" Bigelow OC FRSC (June 18, 1913 – March 27, 2005) was a Canadian heart surgeon known for his role in developing the artificial pacemaker and the use of hypothermia in open heart surgery.
Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons.It is often used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, with coronary artery bypass grafting); to correct congenital heart disease; or to treat valvular heart disease from various causes, including endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease, [1] and ...
As President of the Colorado Heart Association, he founded one of the early jogging programs promoting heart health. J. Willis Hurst: 1920 2011 United States Cardiologist of former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. Editor of Hurst's the Heart. Vladimir Kanjuh: 1929: Macedonia [22] Yariv Khaykin: Canada [23] John Kjekshus: 1936: Norway