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'''Floyd John Lewis''' (1916–1993) was an [[United States|American]] [[surgeon]] who performed the first successful [[Open heart surgery|open heart operation]], closing an atrial spetal defect in a 5 year old girl, on September 2, 1952.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Fedak|first=PW|title=Open hearts. The origins of direct-vision intracardiac surgery.|journal=Tex Heart Inst J.|year=1998|volume=25|issue=2|pages=100–111|pmid=325520}}</ref> For the next 3 years, Lewis and colleagues operated on 60 patients with aterial septal defects using [[hypothermia]] and inflow occlusion.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Moller|first=JH|coauthors=Shumway SJ, Gott VL|title=The first open-heart repairs using extracorporeal circulation by cross-circulation: a 53-year follow-up.|journal=Ann Thorac Surg|year=2009|month=September|volume=88|issue=3|pages=1044–6|pmid=19699962}}</ref> He was best friends with [[C. Walton Lillihei]] and they worked together at the [[University of Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Gott|first=VL|title=Lillehei, Lewis, and Wangensteen: the right mix for giant achievements in cardiac surgery.|journal=Ann Thorac Surg|year=2005|month=June|volume=79|issue=6|pages=S2210-3|pmid=15919253}}</ref>▼
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▲'''Floyd John Lewis''' (1916–19931916 – September 20, 1993) was an [[United States|American]] [[surgeon]] who performed the first successful [[Open heart surgery|open heart operation]], closing an [[atrial spetalseptal defect]] in a 5 -year -old girl, on September 2, September 1952.<ref name=Fedak1998>{{cite journal|last=Fedak|first=PW|title=Open hearts. The origins of direct-vision intracardiac surgery.|journal=Tex[[Texas Heart InstInstitute J.Journal]]|year=1998|volume=25|issue=2|pages=100–111|pmidpmc=325520|pmid=9654653}}</ref> For the next 3 years, Lewis and colleagues operated on 60 patients with aterialatrial septal defects using [[hypothermia]] and inflow occlusion.<ref name=Moller2009>{{cite journal|last=Moller|first=JH|coauthorsauthor2=Shumway SJ, |author3=Gott VL |title=The first open-heart repairs using extracorporeal circulation by cross-circulation: a 53-year follow-up.|journal=Ann[[Annals Thoracof SurgThoracic Surgery]]|yeardate=September 2009|month=September|volume=88|issue=3|pages=1044–6|pmid=19699962|doi=10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.05.077|doi-access=free}}</ref> He was best friends with [[C. Walton LilliheiLillehei]] and they worked together at the [[University of Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Gott|first=VL|title=Lillehei, Lewis, and Wangensteen: the right mix for giant achievements in cardiac surgery.|journal=AnnAnnals Thoracof SurgThoracic Surgery|yeardate=June 2005|month=June|volume=79|issue=6|pages=S2210-3|pmid=15919253|doi=10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.02.078}}</ref>
 
In 1956, Lewis moved on from Minnesota to [[Northwestern University]] where he became the first full-time member of the faculty of surgery. At Northwestern, F. JohnLewis continued investigating the use of hypothermia in the operating room.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Shumway|first=NE|title=C. Walton and F. John.|journal=Ann Thorac Surg|year=1999|month=September|volume=68|issue=3 Suppl|pages=S34-6|pmid=10505989}}</ref> Lewis later trained Tom[[Thomas Starzl]], who was compeltingcompleting a fellowshoipfellowship in cardiovascular surgery at Northwestern, and helped him to win a [[Markle Foundation|Markle Scholarship]].<ref name=Shumway1999>{{cite journal|last=Shumway|first=NE|title=C. Walton and F. John.|journal=AnnAnnals Thoracof Thoracic SurgSurgery|yeardate=September 1999|month=September|volume=68|issue=3 Suppl|pages=S34-6|pmid=10505989|doi=10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00814-0}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
 
After being passed up for the Chair of Surgery position, Lewis departed for [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]] in 1976 where he engaged in new careers: writing, hiking and mountain-climbing essays, and publishing a pamphlet entitled ''Bicycling Santa Barbara''. He died on 20 September 1993 in Santa Barbara of [[sepsis]].<ref name=Shumway1996>{{cite journal|last=Shumway|first=NE|date=January 1996|title=F. John Lewis, MD: 1916-1993.|yearurl=1996https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/0003-4975(95)00768-7/pdf|monthjournal=JanuaryAnnals of Thoracic Surgery|volume=61|issue=1|pages=250–1|doi=10.1016/0003-4975(95)00768-7|pmid=8561575|doi-access=free}}</ref> He died on September 20, 1993 in Santa Barbara of septicemia.
 
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Latest revision as of 10:30, 13 August 2023

F. John Lewis
Born
Floyd John Lewis

1916 (1916)
DiedSeptember 20, 1993(1993-09-20) (aged 76–77)
NationalityAmerican
Known forOpen heart surgery
Medical career
InstitutionsUniversity of Minnesota

Floyd John Lewis (1916 – September 20, 1993) was an American surgeon who performed the first successful open heart operation, closing an atrial septal defect in a 5-year-old girl, on 2 September 1952.[1] For the next 3 years, Lewis and colleagues operated on 60 patients with atrial septal defects using hypothermia and inflow occlusion.[2] He was best friends with C. Walton Lillehei and they worked together at the University of Minnesota.[3]

In 1956, Lewis moved on from Minnesota to Northwestern University where he became the first full-time member of the faculty of surgery. At Northwestern, Lewis continued investigating the use of hypothermia in the operating room. Lewis later trained Thomas Starzl, who was completing a fellowship in cardiovascular surgery at Northwestern, and helped him to win a Markle Scholarship.[4]

After being passed up for the Chair of Surgery position, Lewis departed for Santa Barbara in 1976 where he engaged in new careers: writing, hiking and mountain-climbing essays, and publishing a pamphlet entitled Bicycling Santa Barbara. He died on 20 September 1993 in Santa Barbara of sepsis.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Fedak, PW (1998). "Open hearts. The origins of direct-vision intracardiac surgery". Texas Heart Institute Journal. 25 (2): 100–111. PMC 325520. PMID 9654653.
  2. ^ Moller, JH; Shumway SJ; Gott VL (September 2009). "The first open-heart repairs using extracorporeal circulation by cross-circulation: a 53-year follow-up". Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 88 (3): 1044–6. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.05.077. PMID 19699962.
  3. ^ Gott, VL (June 2005). "Lillehei, Lewis, and Wangensteen: the right mix for giant achievements in cardiac surgery". Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 79 (6): S2210-3. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.02.078. PMID 15919253.
  4. ^ Shumway, NE (September 1999). "C. Walton and F. John". Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 68 (3 Suppl): S34-6. doi:10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00814-0. PMID 10505989.(subscription required)
  5. ^ Shumway, NE (January 1996). "F. John Lewis, MD: 1916-1993". Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 61 (1): 250–1. doi:10.1016/0003-4975(95)00768-7. PMID 8561575.


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