by Byoung Goo Min | Aug 21, 2021 | Pioneer Editorials
Originally published in Volume 37 Issue 7 of Artificial Organs, 08 July 2013 My encounter with research concerning artificial hearts in the United States led to my interest in the development of artificial hearts. Though I planned to initiate research on artificial...
by Paul D. Doolan | Aug 20, 2021 | Pioneer Editorials
Originally published in Volume 37 Issue 4 of Artificial Organs, 05 April 2013 The first hemodialysis was done by Pim Kolff on March 15, 1943 in the hospital in Kampen, Holland, and I believe the first in the USA was done at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston,...
by Jaromír Vašků | Aug 19, 2021 | Pioneer Editorials
Originally published in Volume 37 Issue 3 of Artificial Organs, 05 March 2013 This project was initiated by close cooperation between the Department of Cardiac Surgery and the Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Purkinje University (Masaryk University...
by Tetsuzo Agishi | Aug 18, 2021 | Pioneer Editorials
Originally published in Volume 36 Issue 12 of Artificial Organs, 10 December 2012 When I first entered the Department of Surgery, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan in 1960 after an internship in Tokyo, two crazy (I can designate now) senior surgeons had already been...
by Tomas A. Salerno | Aug 17, 2021 | Pioneer Editorials
Originally published in Volume 36 Issue 11 of Artificial Organs, 05 November 2012 The quest for the ideal method of myocardial protection started in the early days of cardiac surgery. This narrative is an introspection of a lifetime career dedicated to the...
by Hans J. Gurland | Aug 16, 2021 | Pioneer Editorials
Originally published in Volume 36 Issue 10 of Artificial Organs, 04 October 2012 After completing my internship, I got my first position as a scientific assistant at the medical clinic of the University of Munich in April 1960. Because there were many more candidates...
