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John Heysham Gibbon (29 de septiembre de 1903-5 de febrero de 1973) fue un cirujano estadounidense conocido por inventar el corazón-pulmón artificial y realizar cirugías posteriores a corazón abierto que revolucionaron la cirugía cardíaca en el siglo XX.
John Gibbon (April 20, 1827 – February 6, 1896) was a career United States Army officer who fought in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.
Veinte años después de haberse convertido en el primer cirujano que corrigió con éxito un defecto intracardíaco con una máquina corazón pulmón, John Gibbon Jr, un entusiasta tenista, murió a los 69 años, de un segundo infarto miocárdico, mientras jugaba tenis 3.
John Heysham Gibbon (September 29, 1903 – February 5, 1973) was an American surgeon best known for inventing the heart–lung machine and performing subsequent open-heart surgeries which revolutionized heart surgery in the twentieth century.
Learn about the life and achievements of John Gibbon, an American surgeon who created the first heart-lung machine in 1953. He performed the first successful open-heart operation on a human using his device and wrote a standard textbook on chest surgery.
John Gibbon was a career officer who fought in the Civil War with the Iron Brigade and the XXIV Corps. He participated in many major battles, including Gettysburg, where he was wounded twice, and was a surrender commissioner at Appomattox.
John Gibbon was a Union General who fought in most of the major battles of the Eastern Theater of the Civil War. He was wounded twice, promoted several times, and commanded the Iron Brigade, the Second Corps, and the Army of the Shenandoah.
