Herbert E. Warden
Herbert E. Warden (* 1920 in Cleveland , † January 14, 2002 in Morgantown (West Virginia) ) was an American heart surgeon.
Warden graduated from Washington and Jefferson College with a bachelor's degree in 1942 and medicine from the University of Chicago . He completed his residency as a surgeon at the University of Minnesota .
Warden was a Medical Fellow and Instructor of Surgery in Clarence Walton Lillehei's research laboratory at the University of Minnesota from 1951 to 1960 . There he was part of the Lillehei team, who made pioneering developments in open heart surgery, including a blood supply called cross-circulation in the operation of congenital heart defects in children (later replaced by the heart-lung machine). It was the world's first complex open heart surgery. With their technique, they were able to surgically treat holes in the ventricle walls and the Fallot tetralogy for the first time. Lilleihei, Morley Cohen and Richard L. Varco received the Lasker ~ DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for this in 1955.
In 1960 he became a surgeon at West Virginia University , where he established cardiac surgery. There he performed the first open heart surgery in West Virginia in 1962.
He played college football and was a football team doctor at the University of West Virginia.
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- ↑ The first open heart surgery by F. John Lewis two years earlier could only perform small surgical interventions as there was still no way to maintain the patient's blood circulation
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Warden, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American surgeon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cleveland |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 2002 |
| Place of death | Morgantown, West Virginia |