F. Mason Sones

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Frank Mason Sones (born October 28, 1918 in Noxapater , Mississippi , † August 28, 1985 in Cleveland , Ohio ) was an American medic. He was a pioneer in cardiac catheterization (coronary angiography ).

Sones graduated from Western Maryland College with a bachelor's degree in 1950 and the University of Maryland School of Medicine with an MD degree in 1943. After three years of military service in the US Army in the Pacific, he completed his internship and residency at the University Hospital in Baltimore at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit . In 1950 he went to the Cleveland Clinic as director of pediatric cardiology . From 1966 to 1975 he was head of the cardiovascular disease department.

From 1958 he systematically developed methods for coronary angiography . They were a prerequisite for the successful implementation of the first bypass operation by his colleague at the Cleveland Clinic René Favaloro (1967).

In 1969 he received the Canada Gairdner International Award , in 1983 the Lasker ~ DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award and in 1978 he received the AMA Scientific Achievement Award . In 1973 he received the Ray C. Fish Award from the Texas Heart Institute. He was the first president of the Society for Cardiac Angiography.

He had been married since 1942 and had four children.

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SURNAME Sones, F. Mason
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sones, Frank Mason
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American medic
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Noxapater , Mississippi
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1985
Place of death Cleveland , Ohio