John Heysham Gibbon
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John Heysham Gibbon (September 29, 1903 – February 5, 1973) was an American
heart surgery in the twentieth century. He was the son of Dr. John Heysham Gibbon Sr., and Marjorie Young Gibbon (daughter of General Samuel Young
), and came from a long line of medical doctors including his father, grandfather Robert, great-grandfather John and great-great grandfather.
Early years and education
Gibbon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 29, 1903. Descended from the Gibbon family, who first arrived in Philadelphia from Wiltshire, England in 1684, his father was a surgeon at Pennsylvania Hospital and the Hospital of Jefferson Medical College.
Gibbon was the second oldest of four children and grew up attending the
Penn Charter School in Philadelphia. He entered Princeton University at 16 and received his AB in 1923. He went to medical school at Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia and received his MD in 1927. He completed his internship at Pennsylvania Hospital
from 1927 to 1929.
Research and the heart-lung machine
Gibbon completed a research fellowship in surgery at
pulmonary embolectomy on her but she did not survive. Gibbon believed that a machine that would have taken her venous blood, oxygenated it and returned it to her arterial system would have saved her. He began work on this machine experimenting on cats at Harvard and continued this research at the University of Pennsylvania
. He was successful at maintaining cardiorespiratory function of cats for nearly four hours and published these results in 1937.
During World War II, Gibbon served as a surgeon in the
Lieutenant Colonel
and becoming chief of surgery at Mayo General Hospital.
Gibbon continued his research upon his return and on May 6, 1953, he was able to perform the first successful open heart procedure, an
Gairdner Foundation International Award
in 1960, the second and third most prestigious awards in medicine, respectively.
Career
After the war, Gibbon was appointed assistant professor at the
Jefferson Medical College
and its hospital.
Gibbon retired in 1967 and died after a game of tennis in 1973 of a
heart attack. His papers are held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.[3]
Personal life
Gibbon married Mary Hopkinson, daughter of painter Charles Hopkinson. His wife Mary was an assistant to his development of the heart-lung machine. They had four children: Mary, John, Alice and Marjorie. After his surgical career he retired in Lynnfield Farm in Media, PA, where he devoted himself to his hobbies - painting and poetry.[4]
Titles and achievements
- President of the American Surgical Association - 1954
- President of the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons - 1960-61
- President of the Society for Vascular Surgery - 1964-65
- National Academy of Sciences - (elected, 1972)
- Chairman of Annals of Surgery - 1947-57
Awards
- Gairdner Foundation International Award- 1960
- Lasker Award in clinical research - 1968
- Dickson Prize - 1973
See also
References
- ^ "John Heysham Gibbon - Awards & Nominations". awardsandwinners.com. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ^ Madrigal, Alexis (2010-05-06). "MAY 6, 1953: THE HEART-MACHINE AGE BEGINS". Wired. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "John H. Gibbon Papers 1903-1956". National Library of Medicine.
- S2CID 52147068.
Sources
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- "Gibbon and his Heart–Lung Machine: 50 Years and Beyond. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. May 2, 2003". PMID 14667681.
- Fou, Adora Ann (1997). "John H. Gibbon. The first 20 years of the heart-lung machine". PMID 9068131.
- Passaroni, Andréia Cristina; Silva, Marcos Augusto de Moraes; Yoshida, Winston Bonetti (2015). "Cardiopulmonary bypass: development of John Gibbon's heart-lung machine". Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular: Orgao Oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular. 30 (2): 235–245. PMID 26107456.
- Bing, R (August 1994). "John H. Gibbon Jr. Cardiopulmonary bypass--triumph of perseverance and character". PMID 7955595.
- Templeton, J Y (May 1993). "Early recollections of Dr. John H. Gibbon, Jr". S2CID 44748074.
- Shumacker, H B (December 1984). "John H. Gibbon Jr.: the heart–lung machine and progress in cardiovascular surgery". PMID 6393466.
- Dobell, A R; Dobell, Anthony R.C. (September 1982). "John H. Gibbon Jr. Part II. Personal reminiscences". PMID 7052002.
- Hill, J. Donald (September 1982). "John H. Gibbon Jr. Part I. The development of the first successful heart–lung machine". PMID 7052001.
- Shumacker, H B (1982). "John Heysham Gibbon Jr.: September 29, 1903-February 5, 1973". PMID 11620793.
- Muller, W H (November 1977). "The John H. Gibbon Jr. Lecture: the evolution and current status of surgery of the aortic valve". PMID 10315789.
- Crafoord, C; Dennis C; Shumacker H B (February 1974). "John H. Gibbon Jr., as I knew him". PMID 4593057.
- Rhoads, J E (February 1974). "Memoir of John Heysham Gibbon Jr. 1903-73". PMID 4593058.
- "Memorial service for John Heysham Gibbon Jr., M.D". PMID 4593056.
- Camishion, R C (December 1973). "John H. Gibbon Jr. (1903-1973)". PMID 4586305.
- "John H. Gibbon Jr., M.D". PMID 4918486.
- FLICK, J B (August 1957). "Memoir of John Heysham Gibbon (1871-1956)". PMID 13468033.
External links
- John Heysham Gibbon – Medical Doctor with a Penchant for Engineering - Today's Engineer IEEE
- John H. Gibbon Jr. – 10 Notable Jefferson Alumni of the Past – Thomas Jefferson University
- John Gibbon – National Inventors Hall of Fame
- John Heysham Gibbon – inventors.about.com
- John Heysham Gibbon Jr. – Biographical Memoirs, National Academy of Science
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