LEWIS,F.JOHN, MD - 1916-1993

Authors
SHUMWAY NE
Citation
Ne. Shumway, LEWIS,F.JOHN, MD - 1916-1993, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 61(1), 1996, pp. 250-251
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
61
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
250 - 251
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1996)61:1<250:LM-1>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
F. John Lewis performed the first successful open heart operation in 1 952. He was the first full-time member of the faculty of surgery at No rthwestern University. This article gives a brief biography of this gr eat surgeon.