C. Walton Lillehei
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Born | Clarence Walton Lillehei October 23, 1918 Gairdner Foundation International Award (1963) (1955)Lasker Award for Advances in Cardiac Surgery |
Clarence Walton Lillehei (October 23, 1918 – July 5, 1999), was an American surgeon who pioneered
Background
Clarence (often called "Walt") Lillehei was born in
Career
In 1944,
However, hypothermia, gave only a relatively brief time, up to 10 minutes, during which surgery could be performed and was therefore not suited for complex
Lillehei cooperated with Professor
In 1958, Lillehei was responsible for the world's first use of a small, external, portable, battery-powered
As a dedicated educator, Lillehei trained more than 150 cardiac surgeons from 40 nations, including
Honors
Lillehei's honors include the Bronze Star for World War II service in Italy, the 1955 Lasker Award, the Order of Health Merit Jose Fernandez Madrid by the government of Colombia in 1959, the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1968,[11] induction in 1993 into the Minnesota Inventors Hall of Fame, and the 1996 Harvey Prize in Science and Technology. In 1966-67, he served as president of the American College of Cardiology.[12]
Personal life
In 1946, Lillehei was married to Katherine Ruth (Lindberg) Lillehei (1921-2012) with whom he had four children. Following his death in 1999, he was buried at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery.[13]
His youngest brother, Richard C. Lillehei, was a notable transplant surgeon in his own right, having participated in the world's first successful transplant of a pancreas in 1966[14] and the first known human transplant of the small and large intestines.[15]
References
- ^ "C. Walton Lillehei, Ph.D., M.D." Lillehei Heart Institute. Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-533-15557-6.
- ^ C. Walton Lillehei Archived 2010-01-18 at the Wayback Machine (Minnesota Historical Society)
- ^ 1920 Federal Census[permanent dead link](Heritage Quest Online)
- ^ Andrew B. Stone (August 18, 2015). "C. Walton Lillehei and the Origins of Open-Heart Surgery". Minnesota Historical Society. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
- ^ Dr. C. Walton Lillehei (Vincent L. Gott, M.D. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.Baltimore, MD)
- ^ Cardiac Puncture Catheterization (Morris J. Levy and C. Walton Lillehei)
- ^ "C. Walton Lillehei, Ph.D., M.D., The Father of Open-Heart Surgery". Regents of the University of Minnesota. Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
- ^ McRae, Donald (2007) Every Second Counts: The Race to Transplant the First Human Heart (Berkley Trade)
- ^ C. Walton Lillehei, the Father of Open Heart Surgery (Denton A. Cooley, MD. Texas Heart Institute. Houston, Texas)
- American Academy of Achievement.
- ISBN 9780533155576.
- ^ "Katherine Ruth "Kaye" Lillehei". Pioneer Press. November 11, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-387-00589-8.
- ^ History of Richard C. Lillehei, Lillehei Surgical Society.
Other sources
- Borghi L. (2015) "Heart Matters. The Collaboration Between Surgeons and Engineers in the Rise of Cardiac Surgery". In: Pisano R. (eds) A Bridge between Conceptual Frameworks. History of Mechanism and Machine Science, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 53-68
- Cooper, David (2010) Open Heart: The Radical Surgeons who Revolutionized Medicine (Kaplan Publishing) ISBN 978-1607144908
- Goor, Daniel A. (2007) The Genius of C. Walton Lillehei and The True History of Open Heart Surgery (Vantage Press) ISBN 9780533155576
- ISBN 9780307557247
External links
- The C. Walton and Richard C. Lillehei Surgical Society
- Lillehei Heart Institute (University of Minnesota)
- C. Walton Lillehei Resident Forum (American Association for Thoracic Surgery)
- C. Walton Lillehei Young Investigator's Award (European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery)
- C. Walton Lillehei portrait
- C. Walton Lillehei in MNopedia, the Minnesota Encyclopedia
- 1955 Albert LaskerClinical Medical Research Award for Advances in Cardiac Surgery