This is a list of people notable in the field of cardiology. Presented along with their year of birth, death, nationality, notability, and reference(s).

Cardiologists

Name Birth Death Nationality Notes Reference(s)
Maude Abbott 1869 1940 Canada [1]
Robert Adams 1791 1875 Ireland [2]
Anthony Adducci 1937 2006 United States Inventor of the world's first lithium battery powered artificial pacemaker. [3]
Raymond Perry Ahlquist 1914 1983 United States [4]
John Ainsworth 1957 – British Treating complex heart conditions [5]
Karl Albert Ludwig Aschoff 1866 1942 Germany [6]
John Brereton Barlow 1924 2008 South Africa First described mitral valve prolapse (also called Barlow's syndrome) [7][8]
Fernando Antonio Bermúdez Arias 1933 2007 Venezuela
Barouh Berkovits 1926 2012 Czechoslovakia Pioneered cardiac defibrillators and pace makers [9]
Richard N. Fogoros United States [10]
Michel Haïssaguerre 1955 France [11]
Mark Josephson 1943 United States Published "Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Techniques and Interpretations," [12]
Geza de Kaplany 1926 Hungary Murdered his wife in August 1962. Received life imprisonment. [13][14][15]
Antonio Fernós-Isern 1895 1974 Puerto Rico Was the "first" Puerto Rican cardiologist and a former Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico [16]
Mario R. García Palmieri 1927 2014 Puerto Rico Was given the title Master of the American College of Cardiology (M.A.C.C.), an honor given to a maximum three cardiologists in practice each year. [17][18]
Mervyn Gotsman 1935 South Africa Was chairman of the cardiology department at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem for 27 years. [19]
Andreas Gruentzig 1939 1985 German/American Performed first balloon angioplasty. [20]
Max Holzmann 1899 1994 [21]
Murray S. Hoffman 1924 2018 United States Chief of Cardiology at National Jewish Hospital and then went into private practice in Denver, Colorado, President of the National Mayo Alumni Association, Member of the Board of Trustees of the American College of Cardiology, President of the Colorado Heart Association, retired from private practice and joined the faculty at the University of Colorado Medical Center. As President of the Colorado Heart Association, he founded one of the early jogging programs promoting heart health.
J. Willis Hurst 1920 2011 United States Cardiologist of former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. Editor of Hurst's the Heart.
Vladimir Kanjuh 1929 Macedonia [22]
John Kjekshus 1936 Norway chaired the National Association for Public Health from 2005. Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and was awarded the King's Medal of Merit
Bhagawan Koirala 1960 Nepal [23]
Om Murti Anil 1978 Nepal Known for raising health awareness against heart diseases. Received many awards including Suprabal Janasewa Shree, Best paper award by NHRC [24]
Nicholas Kounis Greece Described Kounis syndrome. [25]
Rashid Massumi 1926 2015 Iranian-American [26][27]
Quintiliano de Mesquita 1918 2000 Brazil [28]
Michel Mirowski 1924 1990 Polish-American Implantable defibrillator [29]
Ivan Mitev 1924 2007 Bulgaria Discovered the sixth heart tone [30]
Henry N. Neufeld 1923 1986 Israeli
Denis Noble 1936 British Awarded the State Prize of the USSR in the field of science and technology. [31]
Emmy Okello Uganda [32]
Wendy S. Post United States Director of Research for the Hopkins Cardiovascular Fellowship Training Program [33]
Amiran Revishvili 1956 Russia [34]
Park Seung-jung Korean
Walter Somerville 1913 2005 Ireland [35]
Ramón M. Suárez 1895 1981 Puerto Rico [36]
Frans Van de Werf Belgium Editor-in-Chief, European Heart Journal [37]
Hein Wellens 1935 2020 Netherlands Cardiac electro-physiology
Karel Frederik Wenckebach 1864 1940 Netherlands and Austria [38]
Mónica Xavier 1956 Uruguay Cardiologist turned politician [39]
Naresh Trehan 1946 Indian Received numerous awards, including the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award and Dr. B. C. Roy Award.
Bruce Lerman United States Chief of the Division of Cardiology and Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Presbyterian Hospital.

See also

References

  1. ^ Hurst, J. Willis; Dobell, A. R. C. (1988). "Maude Abbott". Clinical Cardiology. 11 (9): 658–659. doi:10.1002/clc.4960110913. ISSN 1932-8737. PMID 3067921.
  2. ^ Wooley, Charles F. (1996). "Robert Adams—"A dublin master of clinical expression"". Clinical Cardiology. 19 (6): 523–524. doi:10.1002/clc.4960190617. ISSN 1932-8737. PMID 8790962.
  3. ^ Minnesota Historical Society: Anthony J. Adducci| Pioneers of the Medical Industry in Minnesota
  4. ^ Little, R. C. (1988). "Raymond P. Ahlquist (1914-1983)". Clinical Cardiology. 11 (8): 583–584. doi:10.1002/clc.4960110815. ISSN 1932-8737. S2CID 74396544.
  5. ^ "Meet Dr. John Ainsworth A Cardiology Specialist With Over 30 Years Of Experience" (Press release). MENAFN. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  6. ^ Hurst, J. Willis; Fye, W. Bruce (1999). "Ludwig Aschoff". Clinical Cardiology. 22 (8): 545–546. doi:10.1002/clc.4960220812. ISSN 1932-8737. PMC 6655567. PMID 10492846.
  7. ^ Cheng, Tsung O. (2000). "John B. Barlow: Master clinician and compleat cardiologist". Clinical Cardiology. 23 (1): 66–67. doi:10.1002/clc.4960230123. PMC 6655006. PMID 10680035.
  8. ^ John B. Barlow: The man and his syndrome - International Journal of Cardiology
  9. ^ Barouh Berkovits Obituary - Levine Chapels | Brookline MA
  10. ^ Richard N. Fogoros, MD (DrRich)
  11. ^ LIRYC -Rythmology and Cardiac Modeling
  12. ^ Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  13. ^ Doctors Who Kill: Profiles of Lethal Medics - Carol Davis, Carol Anne Davis - Google
  14. ^ Westveer, Arthur E. <! --; Federal Bureau Of Investigation, United States --> (1997). "Managing death investigation".
  15. ^ "Geza de Kaplany v. J. J. Enomoto, Director of California Department of Corrections, 540 F.2d 975 - CourtListener.com". Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
  16. ^ Hispanic Americans in Congress -- Fernós
  17. ^ Hurst, J. Willis (2004). "Mario R. García-Palmieri". Clinical Cardiology. 27 (7): 431–432. doi:10.1002/clc.4960270715. PMC 6654209. PMID 15298048.
  18. ^ American College of Cardiology
  19. ^ The heart's reward
  20. ^ James S. Forrester: The Heart Healers. The Misfits, Mavericks, and Rebels Who Created the Greatest Medical Breakthrough of Our Lives. New York 2015. ISBN 978-1-250-10540-0.pages 229-238
  21. ^ Details | Marcel Benoist Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  22. ^ http://www.sanu.ac.rs/English/Clanstvo/Biografije/VladimirKanjuh.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  23. ^ An interview with Prof. Dr. Bhagawan Koirala taken for Readers Club magazine "Reflection" | mohanbhusal
  24. ^ Dr Om Murti Anil: A cardiologist with a big heart
  25. ^ Kounis syndrome: a monster for the atopic patient - Kounis - Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy
  26. ^ Whonamedit - Rashid A. Massumi
  27. ^ Rashid Massumi, MD Cardiologist in Beverly Hills, CA
  28. ^ Infarct Combat Project - Articles
  29. ^ The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: From Mirowski to its current use | BC Medical Journal
  30. ^ Mitev, I (1977). "[The 6th heart sound]". Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss. 70 (3): 265–72. PMID 404983.
  31. ^ Oxford Cardiac Electrophysiology Group: People (Denis Noble) Archived 2006-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
  32. ^ "Heart Disease in Uganda: Present and future". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  33. ^ "Wendy Post and Roger Blumenthal". The New York Times. 13 April 1997. Archived from the original on 2015-03-10. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  34. ^ Herald arrhythmology :: Revishvili Shotaevich Amiran (K-50 ANNIVERSARY)
  35. ^ Towers, M.; Emanuel, R. (2006). "Walter Somerville CBE 1913–2005". Heart. 92 (1): 11. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.083725. PMC 1860973.
  36. ^ Dr. Ramon Suarez - Galenus Magazine
  37. ^ Frans Van de Werf: Advisory Board Member in cardiovascular Disorders - F1000Prime
  38. ^ Whoamedit - Karel frederik Wenckebach
  39. ^ Monica Xavier | Frente Amplio Archived 2012-04-18 at the Wayback Machine

32. http://armenianweekly.com/2016/04/06/hagop-janessian-1942-2016/

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