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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.
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 ...
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The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Upper Canada was established in 1839, and in 1869, it was permanently incorporated. In 1834, William Kelly, a surgeon with the Royal Navy, introduced the idea of preventing the spread of disease via sanitation measures following epidemics of cholera.
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Theodor Kocher (1841–1917) — thyroid surgery; first surgeon to win the Nobel Prize; Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec (1781–1826) — inventor of the stethoscope; Janet Lane-Claypon (1877–1967) — pioneer of epidemiology; Thomas Linacre (1460–1524) — founder of Royal College of Physicians; Joseph Lister (1827–1912) — pioneer of ...
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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.