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Reardon received his medical education from Baylor College of Medicine where he graduated with honors in 1978. He received his general surgery residency at Baylor College of Medicine in 1983 working under Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, and completed a thoracic surgery fellowship training at Texas Heart Institute in 1985 under the tutelage of Dr. Denton Cooley.
[1] [2] [3] In 2010, in its annual survey of “America's Best Hospitals,” U.S. News & World Report ranked the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital number 4 in the United States for heart care, making this its 20th consecutive year as one of the top 10 heart centers in the country. [4] [5]
Cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation Fernando Antonio Bermúdez Arias: 1933: 2007: Venezuela: Barouh Berkovits: 1926: 2012: Czechoslovakia: Pioneered cardiac defibrillators and pace makers [9] Richard N. Fogoros: United States [10] Werner Forssmann: 1904: 1979: Germany: 1929 first cardiac ...
Heart surgeon Michael E. DeBakey (1908–2008), a faculty member and later Chancellor Emeritus of Baylor College of Medicine, performed the first removal of a carotid artery blockage (1950); the first aorto-coronary bypass surgery (1964); the first use of a ventricular assist device to pump blood and support a diseased heart (1966); and some of the first U.S. heart transplants (1968 and 1969 ...
O. H. "Bud" Frazier is a heart surgeon and director of cardiovascular surgery research at the Texas Heart Institute (THI), best known for his work in mechanical circulatory support (MCS) of failing hearts using left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) and total artificial hearts (TAH).
Michael Ellis DeBakey (September 7, 1908 – July 11, 2008) was an American general and cardiovascular surgeon, scientist and medical educator who became Chairman of the Department of Surgery, President, and Chancellor of Baylor College of Medicine at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. [1]
In 2002, Marmureanu founded California Heart & Lung Surgery Medical Center. Between 2002, and 2003, Marmureanu was a clinical instructor at UCLA Medical Center's cardiothoracic surgery division. [6] In January 2003, he became the medical director at the Century City Medical Center, where served until January 2004.
Charles D Fraser, Jr. is the medical director and surgeon of the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease at Dell Children's Medical Center.Formerly, Fraser was chief of congenital heart surgery and cardiac surgeon-in-charge at Texas Children's Hospital, the nation's largest pediatric hospital, served as chief of the Congenital Heart Surgery Division at Baylor College of ...