by Janusz Ostrowski, Ryszard Gellert, Władysław Sułowicz, Andrzej Więcek | Aug 20, 2024 | Pioneer Editorials
On January 20, 2024, we mourned the passing of Professor Zbylut Twardowski, a distinguished Polish-American nephrologist renowned for his groundbreaking contributions to renal replacement therapy. His achievements, detailed in numerous co-authored studies, continue to...
by Louis E. Samuels | Aug 22, 2023 | Pioneer Editorials
Louis E. Samuels Louis E. Samuels Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Louis E. Samuels was born and raised in New York, attending the U. of Rochester where he received his...
by Stephen R. Topaz | Mar 17, 2023 | Pioneer Editorials
Stephen R. Topaz After graduating from Purdue University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mr.Topaz joined Dr. Willem Kolff’s lab at the Cleveland Clinic. Here, he helped design, build, and operate artificial hearts, developed the Intra-Aortic Balloon...
by John-Peder Escobar Kvitting, Bansi Koul, and Odd R. Geiran | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneer Editorials
John-Peder Escobar Kvitting1,2 | Bansi Koul3 | Odd R. Geiran1,2 1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway 2Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway 3Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Skåne...
by Jason J. Han | May 4, 2022 | Pioneer Editorials
Jason J. Han Lyle D. Joyce, MD, PhD is an adult cardiac surgeon who helped pioneer the artificial heart technology throughout his career. In 1982, he and Dr. William DeVries implanted Jarvik- 7 total artificial heart (TAH) in a patient named Barney Clark, which was...
by Jason J. Han | May 3, 2022 | Pioneer Editorials
Jason J. Han Muhammad M. Mohiuddin MBBS is currently a Professor of Surgery and the Director of the Cardiac Xenotransplantation Program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Prior to joining the faculty there, he was the chief of the transplantation...
