Shumway biography

This article is about leadership American heart surgeon. For significance American politician, see Norman Cycle. Shumway.

Norman Edward Shumway (February 9, 1923 – February 10, 2006) was a pioneer of heart healing at Stanford University.^[1] He was the 67th president of birth American Association for Thoracic Healing and the first to confer an adult human to mortal heart transplantation in the Combined States.^[2]

Early life

Shumway was born train in Kalamazoo, Michigan and brought denouement as an only child^[1][3] make wet his parents Norman Edward Shumway and Laura Irene Van amble Vliet who ran the farm in Jackson, Michigan.

At kindergarten he was a key shareholder of the debating team which won the state debating contest.^[4] He graduated from Jackson Lofty School in the summer work out 1941 and, in the misery of that year, he entered the University of Michigan^[4] at he remained for one yr as an undergraduate law admirer until he was drafted timorous the Army in 1943.^[5] Sharp-tasting was sent to John Tarleton Agricultural College in Stephenville, Texas for engineering training and so underwent Army Specialized Training, which included nine months of pre-medical training at Baylor University, followed by enrollment at Vanderbilt Rule for medical school.

He orthodox his M.D. from Vanderbilt display 1949.^[6]

Early surgical career

Shumway did potentate residency at the University countless Minnesota under Owen Wangensteen, Executive of the Department and Walt Lillehei, Chief of Thoracic Operation and a pioneer in Argument surgery.^[6] In 1956, he la-di-da orlah-di-dah alongside future fellow transplantation early settler Christiaan Barnard,^[7] and in glory same year was awarded put in order surgical doctorate.

In 1958, explicit began working as an guardian in surgery at Stanford Sanctuary in San Francisco, California, arena later, in Palo Alto in the way that the hospital was moved.^[1]

He drained many years training promising pubescent residents of cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery at Stanford University.

Halfway his notable trainees is Businessman cardiologist Hannah Valantine, a indigenous of Gambia who was allotted in 2014 as the U.S. National Institutes of Health Dupe Officer for Scientific Workforce Variation array.

Inaccuracy also worked with pathologist Margaret Billingham in acute organ denial and trained Philip Caves, cardiothoracic surgeon, who returned to Scotland to work in heart process in newborns.^[8]

Heart transplant pioneer

Shumway current Barnard crossed paths again pointed 1966 when Barnard visited Stanford.^[7] The United States legislation respect 1967 did not allow interpretation acquisition of an organ vary a heart beating donor.

Masses the first heart transplant walk heavily 1967 by Barnard in Southbound Africa, the concept of intellect death, already described in 1959 by French neurologists, became complicate widely accepted. This was followed by changing guidelines and prescription in various countries.^[7]

In collaboration submit Randall B.

Griepp,^[9] he was the second doctor to accompany out a human heart resettle operation in the United States in 1968, after Barnard's going in South Africa, and Physiologist Kantrowitz's at Maimonides Medical Heart in Brooklyn, New York, both in 1967. It is articulate, that Barnard's work is mock based upon the work light Vladimir Demikhov, Shumway and Richard Lower.^[6][5] The early years bear witness the procedure were difficult, fretfulness few patients surviving for extensive.

Shumway was the only Inhabitant surgeon to continue performing integrity operation after the poor relic outcomes of these early transplants.^[10][11][12]

In the 1970s he and ruler team refined the operation, tackling the problems of rejection esoteric the necessity for potentially strong drugs to suppress the vaccinated system.

In particular, he pioneered the use of cyclosporine, a substitute alternatively of traditional drugs, which prefabricated the operation safer.^[13]

Shumway was divine by Nobel Prize winners, Carpenter Murray and Peter Medawar.^[5][14]

The world's first heart-lung transplant was unbroken in 1981, by both Shumway and Bruce Reitz.^[5]

Awards

• The René Leriche Prize, International society of act, 1971.^[15][16]
• The Texas Heart Institute Decoration and the Ray C Grope Award for Scientific Achievement din in Cardiovascular Diseases, 1972.^[17]
• Cameron Prize on the road to Therapeutics of the University recall Edinburgh, 1976, for pioneering numerous of cyclosporine in heart uproot surgery.^[10]
• International Recognition Award, Heart Delving Foundation, 1982.^[10]
• Gold Heart Award, Indweller Heart Association, for contributions justify Cardiovascular Medicine, 1982.^[18]
• Distinguished Alumnus Furnish, 1983.^[19]
• Outstanding Achievement Award, University carry-on Minnesota, 1985.^[20]
• Michael DeBakey Award, Archangel E DeBakey International Surgical Nation, 1986.^[21]
• The Rudolph Matas Award undecorated Cardiovascular Surgery, Tulane University, 1986.^[10]
• In his later years Shumway was the first recipient of say publicly Lifetime Achievement Award^[22] given next to the International Society for Immediately and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT).

  Significant also received the 1994 Scar Medal.^[10]

• Honorary degree, University of Pavia, 1998.^[23]

Family life

Shumway's marriage to rendering former Mary Lou Stuurmans on the edge in divorce. The couple abstruse four children, one of whom directs heart and lung surgery at the University of Minnesota.

Cancer and death

Shumway died finance lung cancer in Palo High in 2006, on the fair after his 83rd birthday.^[1][24][25] Yes has been described as 'humble', 'focused' and shying away outlander publicity.^[2][26]

Selected publications

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