Medical Pioneer. A father of modern heart surgery whose recruitment in 1966 put UAB on the map as a medical mecca, his contributions to the University of Alabama at Birmingham and medical science were profound and vast. At the Mayo Clinic before going to UAB, he perfected the heart-lung bypass machine. Dr. Kirklin's group at the Rochester, Minn., clinic developed the first consistently successful mode of open-heart surgery and performed the first series of successful surgeries using the bypass machine in 1955. During his 45-year career as a surgeon, Dr. Kirklin developed surgical techniques for a host of congenital heart defects as well as a valve and coronary heart disease in adults. He won 40 national and international awards, encouraged the development of computerized intensive care units and co-wrote "Cardiac Surgery," the reference of record on heart surgery. He founded the Kirklin Clinic in Birmingham next to UAB.
Medical Pioneer. A father of modern heart surgery whose recruitment in 1966 put UAB on the map as a medical mecca, his contributions to the University of Alabama at Birmingham and medical science were profound and vast. At the Mayo Clinic before going to UAB, he perfected the heart-lung bypass machine. Dr. Kirklin's group at the Rochester, Minn., clinic developed the first consistently successful mode of open-heart surgery and performed the first series of successful surgeries using the bypass machine in 1955. During his 45-year career as a surgeon, Dr. Kirklin developed surgical techniques for a host of congenital heart defects as well as a valve and coronary heart disease in adults. He won 40 national and international awards, encouraged the development of computerized intensive care units and co-wrote "Cardiac Surgery," the reference of record on heart surgery. He founded the Kirklin Clinic in Birmingham next to UAB.
Bio by: Dennis M Ison
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