Adrian Kantrowitz
Adrian Kantrowitz · Science & Medicine
Surgeon who performed the first US heart transplant and helped develop the intra-aortic balloon pump.
1918, New York City, New York, United States — 2006, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
United States (New York, Michigan)
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Adrian Kantrowitz was an American cardiac surgeon who performed the first human heart transplant in the United States in 1967 and pioneered mechanical circulatory support, helping develop the intra-aortic balloon pump now used routinely to assist failing hearts. His work advanced both transplantation and the field of implantable cardiac devices. He was born into a Jewish family in New York City.
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Surgeon who performed the first US heart transplant and helped develop the intra-aortic balloon pump.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
