In Memoriam

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In Memoriam: V. Rao Parachuri FRCS, FRCS 1957–2022

August 19, 2022 | Srilakshmi Adhyapak

Internationally acclaimed cardiac surgeon and respected leader of cardiac surgeons in India, Dr. V. Rao Parachuri, passed away on June 30, 2022. He was an accomplished cardiac surgeon who had many innovations to his credit....

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In Memoriam: V. Rao Parachuri FRCS, FRCS 1957–2022

August 19, 2022 | Srilakshmi Adhyapak

Internationally acclaimed cardiac surgeon and respected leader of cardiac surgeons in India, Dr. V. Rao Parachuri, passed away on June 30, 2022. He was an accomplished cardiac surgeon who had...

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In Memoriam: Brian Fowell Buxton (1940 to 2022)

July 14, 2022 | Frank Tamru

Internationally acclaimed heart surgeon and highly respected leader in the Australasian cardiac surgery community, Professor Brian Buxton passed away at age eighty-two in May in Melbourne, Australia. Buxton was known...

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In Memoriam: Dr. David Charles Johnson (1938 to 2022)

March 31, 2022 | Frank Tamru

Dr. David Charles Johnson, former chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, Australia, passed away on February 16, 2022 of unknown causes. David, who was eighty-three at the...

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Remembering Bob Replogle, 1931-2016

May 11, 2016 | Mark Ferguson

Robert L. Replogle, MD, the driving force behind the creation of CTSNet, died Monday, May 9, at the University of Chicago Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He was...

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Memorial to Kitipan V. Arom, MD, PhD

August 25, 2010

On May 30, 2010 the field of cardiovascular surgery, physicians and friends mourned the loss of a mentor, colleague and friend. Kit Arom died in Bangkok on this day after...

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Hooshang Bolooki, MD 1937 – 2008

October 26, 2009 | Jeffrey Jacobs

On the morning after his death, Dr. Bolooki was probably discussed and fondly remembered at scrub sinks all across the country as his trainees across the USA prepared to operate....

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Tribute to Salvatore L. Nigro

October 22, 2009 | John R Benfield

Salvatore L. Nigro had trained with Willis J. Potts at the Children’s Hospital in Chicago before he continued his residency with William E. Adams at the University of Chicago. With...

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Johann ‘Hans’ Ehrenhaft 1915 – 2009

September 22, 2009 | Mark Iannettoni

Johann Leopold Friedrich Ehrenhaft, M.D., called “Hans” by his friends, died in Iowa City, Iowa, on June 17, 2009, at age 93. He had a long and distinguished career as...

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Vallee L. Willman 1925 – 2009

August 14, 2009

To Melba, the Willman family, friends, colleagues and admirers of Val Willman: I wish to share, with deep appreciation and regret, some recollections about Val Willman, a physician and surgeon...

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Viking Olov Björk – 1918 – 2009

June 2, 2009

Professor emeritus Viking Olov Björk, the first editor of the Scandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery died on February 18, 2009 in Stockholm at the age of 90 years....

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Paul A. Ebert – 1932 – 2009

May 19, 2009

Paul Allen Ebert, MD died in the early hours of April 21st, 2009 in Sacramento, California quite unexpectedly of an acute myocardial infarction at 76 years of age. He was...

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Dr. Robert J. Jensik

March 15, 2009

Dr. Robert J. Jensik passed away March 8, 2008 at the age of 92. He fought a very courageous battle against a Guillain-Barre syndrome over a period of six months....