John Heysham Gibbon, Jr. Memorial Service

Authors

Francis C. Wood MD, University of Pennsylvania
Charles Fineberg MD, Thomas Jefferson University
Katharine R. Sturgis MD, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Rudolph C. Camishion MD, Thomas Jefferson University
Jonathan E. Rhoads MD, University of Pennsylvania

Document Type

Audio File

Date

2-13-1973

Comments

This memorial was held in Mitchell Hall at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on February 13, 1973.

Dr. John Gibbon was best known for developing the heart-lung machine, performing the first open-heart operation in 1953, and initiating a new era in cardiovascular surgery.

Recommended Citation

Wood, Francis C. MD; Fineberg, Charles MD; Sturgis, Katharine R. MD; Camishion, Rudolph C. MD; and Rhoads, Jonathan E. MD, "John Heysham Gibbon, Jr. Memorial Service" (1973). Jefferson Biographies. Paper 10.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/jeffbiographies/10

Language

English