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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1131-1132
© 2007 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

In Memoriam

Norman Edward Shumway, MD (1923–2006)

Denton A. Cooley, MD*

Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex.

Received for publication January 11, 2007; accepted for publication January 19, 2007.

* Address for reprints: Denton A. Cooley, MD, President and Surgeon-in-Chief, Texas Heart Institute, 1101 Bates, Mail Code 1-194, Houston, TX 77030. (Email: jmiller@heart.thi.tmc.edu).

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Norman Edward Shumway, MD, a pioneer of cardiac transplantation, died of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma on February 10, 2006, one day after his 83rd birthday.

Born on February 9, 1923 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Shumway was educated in the public schools. He entered the University of Michigan with the intention of studying law but was soon drafted into the Army (1943). Because an aptitude test suggested a career as a doctor or dentist, he enrolled in premedical studies at Baylor University. He later transferred to Vanderbilt University, receiving his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1949.

For further surgical training, Dr Shumway entered the University of Minnesota. There he became involved in cardiovascular research under the direction of C. Walton Lillehei, MD, whose technique of cross-circulation for cardiopulmonary bypass permitted some of the first open-heart operations. Shumway began to . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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