by Jae Hwan Choi & Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvilli | Sep 7, 2021 | Pioneer Editorials
Originally published in Volume 43 Issue 10 of Artificial Organs, 27 June 2019 The invention of the heart-lung machine by Dr. John H. Gibbon Jr., through its long development cycle at Jefferson Medical College (now Thomas Jefferson University) from its conception in...
by Jan Kurkus & Janusz Ostrowski | Sep 6, 2021 | Pioneer Editorials
Originally published in Volume 43 Issue 8 of Artificial Organs, 07 August 2019 In 1943, Willem Kolff (1911-2009) initiated hemodialysis in patients in The Netherlands and is considered a pioneer of dialysis treatment. However, Nils Alwall (1904-1986) of Lund, Sweden,...
by Steven J. Phillips | Sep 5, 2021 | Pioneer Editorials
Originally published in Volume 43 Issue 6 of Artificial Organs, 23 April 2019 I graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1966. During my student years, I had little academic exposure to the developing field of artificial organs. I was not even sure what...
by Zbylut J. Twardowski | Sep 4, 2021 | Pioneer Editorials
Originally published in Volume 43 Issue 3 of Artificial Organs, 21 February 2019 Fourteen patients, aged 19-56 years, (with chronic renal failure caused by isolated renal diseases) were treated with hemodialysis. The frequency and duration of dialyses were adjusted to...
by Saturo Nakamoto | Sep 3, 2021 | Pioneer Editorials
Originally published in Volume 43 Issue 2 of Artificial Organs, 28 January 2019 The feasibility of kidney transplantation had its foundation in advances in the dialysis management of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Dr. Willem Kolff invented the first...
by Tyler Bauer & Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili | Sep 2, 2021 | Pioneer Editorials
Originally published in Volume 42 Issue 8 of Artificial Organs, 04 September 2018 On May the 6th, 1953 John H. Gibbon Jr., MD (Dr. Gibbon) became the first surgeon to perform an open cardiotomy during bypass under direct vision in a human, by repairing an interatrial...
