Career

Hoffman trained as a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic,^[1] at the time that Earl Wood and colleagues were perfecting heart catheterization and investigating the means of cardiac bypass^[2]^[3]^[4] to allow for open heart surgery, and these methods were adopted early at the National Jewish Hospital (Denver), with Hoffman as chief of cardiology.^[5] Motivated by the ability to now treat congenital heart disease, enabled through the use of the cardiac bypass pump, Hoffman was part of a team of physicians who introduced the use of the single lead electrocardiogram to screen school children.^[5]^[6]^[7] Maintaining his close ties with the Mayo Clinic, Hoffman is a founding member of the Doctors Mayo Society and served as president of the National Mayo Alumni Association from 1977 to 1979.^[8] As co-chair of the Colorado Heart Association Preventative Cardiology-Exercise Committee, he (together with his wife, Eleanor, Jerome Biffle, a 1952 Olympic Gold Medalist and Marilyn Van Derbur, 1958 Miss America) introduced one of the earliest jogging programs for heart health,^[9] and Hoffman served as the president of the Colorado Heart Association from 1975 to 1976. In addition, Hoffman was a member of the Board of Trustees of the American College of Cardiology. Throughout his career he authored / co-authored 23 publications (listed below) in the field of clinical cardiology.

1941: Graduated summa cum laude from East High School (Denver)^[10]
1943: Received BA Degree from the University of Denver^[11]
1943-1947: Sponsored by the U.S. Navy, attended University of Colorado School of Medicine on an accelerated 3-year program and graduated 1st in his class^[11]
1947-1949: Served his internship and Medical residency at the University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio)^[12]
1949-1951: Served his fellowship in cardiology and Internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota)^[1]
1951: Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the Sub-specialty Board of Cardiology^[12]
1951-1953: Served in the United States Public Health Service (during Korean War)^[11]
1954: Received the degree of Master of Science in Medicine from the University of Minnesota^[13] (affiliated, at the time, with the Mayo Clinic^[14])
1953-1990: Maintained a private practice of cardiology^[15] (Denver, Colorado)
1955-1968: Chief of Cardiology,^[6]^[7] National Jewish Hospital (half time position); member of the National Jewish Hospital's open heart surgery program (Denver, Colorado)
1975-1976: President, Colorado Heart Association^[16]
1975-1979: Trustee of the American College of Cardiology^[17]
1977-1979: President, National Mayo Clinic Alumni Association^[8]
1985: American College of Cardiology manpower advisory committee^[18]
1990-2002: Closed private practice and joined the faculty of the University of Colorado School of Medicine^[15] where he was rapidly promoted to Professor of Medicine and Cardiology (Denver, Colorado)
2002: Retired
2018: Died in Denver, Colorado at Rose Medical Center March 23^[11]

Publications

Zylberberg, B.; Kass, I.; Hoffman, M. S. (1959-11-01). "Atrial septal defect experiences in the clinical evaluation of 15 consecutive cases of the secundum variety". The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 238 (5): 573–583. doi:10.1097/00000441-195911000-00007. ISSN 0002-9629. PMID 13847997. S2CID 39208234.
Caldini, P.; Gensini, G. G.; Hoffman, M. S. (1959-10-01). "Primary pulmonary hypertension with death during right heart catheterization. A case report and a survey of reported fatalities". The American Journal of Cardiology. 4 (4): 519–527. doi:10.1016/0002-9149(59)90175-4. ISSN 0002-9149. PMID 13806909.
Martinez, J. B.; Kass, I.; Hoffman, M. S. (1959-09-01). "Pitfalls in the evaluation of the patient with mitral stenosis for surgery: an illustrated case report". American Practitioner and Digest of Treatment. 10: 1489–1496. PMID 14421798.
Griffin, J. T.; Kass, I.; Hoffman, M. S. (1959-07-01). "Cor pulmonale associated with symptoms and signs of asthma in children". Pediatrics. 24 (1): 54–64. doi:10.1542/peds.24.1.54. ISSN 0031-4005. PMID 13667335. S2CID 39994824.
Wittenstein, G. J.; Grow, J. B.; Hoffman, M. S.; Gensini, G. G.; Denst, J. (1959-06-01). "Myxoma of the left atrium simulating pure mitral insufficiency; report of a case with successful removal". Surgery. 45 (6): 981–991. ISSN 0039-6060. PMID 13659341.
Morton, W.; Hoffman, M. S.; Cleere, R. L.; Dodge, H. J. (1959-03-14). "Comparison of three methods of screening for pediatric heart disease". Journal of the American Medical Association. 169 (11): 1169–1172. doi:10.1001/jama.1959.03000280021006. ISSN 0002-9955. PMID 13630738.
Martinez, J. B.; Kass, I.; Hoffman, M. S. (1958-11-01). "Factors involved in the recovery of a patient after prolonged ventricular fibrillation during hypothermia". The Journal of Thoracic Surgery. 36 (5): 749–756. doi:10.1016/S0096-5588(20)30120-3. ISSN 0096-5588. PMID 13588728.
Hoffman, M. S.; Forrest, J.; Garlett, E. L. (1958-05-01). "Coronary embolism and acute myocardial infarction secondary to rheumatic heart disease". Diseases of the Chest. 33 (5): 546–550. doi:10.1378/chest.33.5.546. ISSN 0096-0217. PMID 13524100.
Morton, W.; Lloyd, L.; Dodge, H. J.; Hoffman, M. S. (1958-05-01). "Use of a single-lead ECG in the detection of congenital heart disease". AMA Journal of Diseases of Children. 95 (5): 492–497. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1958.02060050496006. ISSN 0096-6916. PMID 13520142.
Mandel, William; Hoffman, M. S.; Heitzman, G. H.; Kass, I. (2016-11-21). "Endocarditis Following Ventricular Septal Defect Repair". California Medicine. 88 (3): 248–249. ISSN 0008-1264. PMC 1512408. PMID 13511221.
Golberg, M.; Heitzman, G.; Kass, I.; Grow, J. B.; Hoffman, M. S. (1957-12-01). "Persistent truncus arteriosus; an unusual type of congenital heart disease". Rocky Mountain Medical Journal. 54 (12): 1303–1306. ISSN 0035-760X. PMID 13485914.
Duman, L. J.; Githens, J. H.; Hoffman, M. S. (1957-07-27). "Role of bed rest in treatment of rheumatic fever; review of literature and survey of current opinions". Journal of the American Medical Association. 164 (13): 1435–1438. doi:10.1001/jama.1957.02980130011003. ISSN 0002-9955. PMID 13448889.
Blount, S. G.; Munyan, E. A.; Hoffman, M. S. (1957-05-01). "Hypertrophy of the right ventricular outflow tract: a concept of the electrocardiographic findings in atrial septal defect". The American Journal of Medicine. 22 (5): 784–790. doi:10.1016/0002-9343(57)90128-6. ISSN 0002-9343. PMID 13410967.
Green, T. F.; Kass, I.; Hoffman, M. S. (1964-06-01). "Ventricular Septal Defects". Rocky Mountain Medical Journal. 61: 31–36. ISSN 0035-760X. PMID 14157790.
Wassermil, M.; Hoffman, M. S. (1962-12-01). "Partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage associated with mitral stenosis with an intact atrial septum. A distinctive hemodynamic syndrome". The American Journal of Cardiology. 10 (6): 894–899. doi:10.1016/0002-9149(62)90191-1. ISSN 0002-9149. PMID 13999057.
Miyamoto, T.; Bastaroli, J.; Hoffman, M. S. (1961-10-01). "Electrocardiographic changes in induced bronchial asthma". Japanese Heart Journal. 2 (4): 524–537. doi:10.1536/ihj.2.524. ISSN 0021-4868. PMID 14474818.
Zylberberg, B.; Kass, I.; Grow, J. B.; Hoffman, M. S. (1961-04-01). "Thromboembolic complications following insertion of the Hufnagel prosthesis". The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 41 (4): 492–497. doi:10.1016/S0022-5223(20)31679-2. ISSN 0022-5223. PMID 13789059.
Pirincci, A.; Kass, I.; Denst, J.; Hoffman, M. S. (1961-03-01). "Severe reactive pulmonary hypertension secondary to aortic stenosis". The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 241 (3): 343–349. doi:10.1097/00000441-196103000-00009. ISSN 0002-9629. PMID 13736000. S2CID 44640913.
Miyamoto, T.; Kass, I.; Hoffman, M. S. (1960-07-01). "Electrocardiogram in asthmatic children". Circulation. 22: 90–95. doi:10.1161/01.cir.22.1.90. ISSN 0009-7322. PMID 14423079.
Newman MM, Hoffman MS, Gesink MH (1967). "Mechanical failure of Starr-Edwards aortic prosthesis due to ball fracture". J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 53 (3): 398–400. doi:10.1016/s0022-5223(19)43205-4. PMID 6019152.
Shapiro, A. P.; Baker, H. M.; Hoffman, M. S.; Ferris, E. B. (1951-01-01). "Pharmacologic and physiologic studies of a case of pheochromocytoma". The American Journal of Medicine. 10 (1): 115–130. doi:10.1016/0002-9343(51)90235-5. ISSN 0002-9343. PMID 14799505.
Hoffman, M. S.; Wellman, W. E.; Herrell, W. E. (1950-08-02). "Failure of absorption of aureomycin and terramycin administered as a retention enema". Proceedings of the Staff Meetings of the Mayo Clinic. 25 (16): 463–464. ISSN 0092-699X. PMID 15430470.
Hoffman, M. S. (1947-07-01). "The etiology of arteriosclerosis". MD (Chicago, Ill.). 2 (7): 13–16. PMID 20255816.*Hoffman, M. S.; Wellman, W. E.; Sayre, G. P. (1951-01-03). "Escherichia coli endocarditis: Report of case". Proceedings of the Staff Meetings of the Mayo Clinic. 26 (1): 1–8. ISSN 0092-699X. PMID 14808432.

References

^ ^a ^b Hoffman, M. S.; Wellman, W. E.; Herrell, W. E. (1950-08-02). "Failure of absorption of aureomycin and terramycin administered as a retention enema". Proceedings of the Staff Meetings of the Mayo Clinic. 25 (16): 463–464. ISSN 0092-699X. PMID 15430470.
^ Wood, E. H.; Geraci, J. E. (1948-10-27). "General and special technics in cardiac catheterization". Proceedings of the Staff Meetings of the Mayo Clinic. 23 (22): 494–500. ISSN 0092-699X. PMID 18888952.
^ Burchell, H. B.; Wood, E. H. (1950-02-01). "Remarks on the technic and diagnostic applications of cardiac catheterization". Proceedings of the Staff Meetings of the Mayo Clinic. 25 (3): 41–48. ISSN 0092-699X. PMID 15404372.
^ Kirklin, J. W.; Dushane, J. W.; Patrick, R. T.; Donald, D. E.; Hetzel, P. S.; Harshbarger, H. G.; Wood, E. H. (1955-05-18). "Intracardiac surgery with the aid of a mechanical pump-oxygenator system (gibbon type): report of eight cases". Proceedings of the Staff Meetings of the Mayo Clinic. 30 (10): 201–206. ISSN 0092-699X. PMID 14371757.
^ ^a ^b Morton, W.; Lloyd, L.; Dodge, H. J.; Hoffman, M. S. (1958-05-01). "Use of a single-lead ECG in the detection of congenital heart disease". AMA Journal of Diseases of Children. 95 (5): 492–497. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1958.02060050496006. ISSN 0096-6916. PMID 13520142.
^ ^a ^b "Son of Student Here Undergoes Rare Operation". Greeley Daily Tribune. Greeley, Colorado. July 25, 1957. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Morton, W.; Hoffman, M. S.; Cleere, R. L.; Dodge, H. J. (1959-03-14). "Comparison of three methods of screening for pediatric heart disease". Journal of the American Medical Association. 169 (11): 1169–1172. doi:10.1001/jama.1959.03000280021006. ISSN 0002-9955. PMID 13630738.
^ ^a ^b "The Alumni Association: The third quarter-century" (PDF). Mayo Clinic Alumni. 3: 29–39. 2015.
^ Hoffman MS (1969). "Jogging and foot problems". JAMA. 207 (12): 2283–2284. doi:10.1001/jama.1969.03150250113023. PMID 5818406.
^ "East High School Year Book, Denver 1941, page 39". classmates.com. 1941.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Murray Hoffman's Obituary on Denver Post". Denver Post. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
^ ^a ^b "Dr. Murray Hoffman, MD". U.S. News & World Report, Health Care. December 3, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
^ Hoffman MS, 1954, Electrocardiographic-pathologic correlation of acute and healing myocardial infarcts. Master of Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (thesis)
^ "University of Minnesota | university system, Minnesota, United States". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
^ ^a ^b "CU Medicine Today, Spring 2005, Class Notes, Page 26" (PDF). UC Denver. December 6, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
^ "Heart Assn. Honors Two Local Residents". Greeley Daily Tribune. Greeley, Colorado. May 13, 1976. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Program of the Twenty-fourth Annual Convocation of the American College of Cardiology, Wednesday, February 12, 1975 -- 6:30 P.M; Hyatt Regency Hotel, Houston Texas. Trustees- Murray S. Hoffman, M.D, F.A.C.C. page 10.
^ Abelmann, Walter H. (1987-12-01). "Report of the 1985 American College of Cardiology Survey of cardiovascular medicine manpower". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 10 (6): 1361–1364. doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(87)80142-0. PMID 3680806.