# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/albert-starr
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:22:56.981Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/albert-starr"
name: "Albert Starr"
slug: "albert-starr"
description: "Albert Starr was an American cardiovascular surgeon and was the first surgeon to successfully implant the Starr-Edwards heart valve surgically. Starr resided and practiced in the Portland, Oregon, area and was special adviser to OHSU Dean of Medicine Mark Richardson and OHSU President Joseph Robertson (OHSU) at Oregon Health and Science University. He worked closely with the inventor of the Star-Edwards heart valve, Miles “Lowell” Edwards, to test the device and ensure its safety before its first use."
tagline: "American surgeon"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1926-06-01"
deathDate: "2024-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.213788
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Starr"
    title: "Albert Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "ألبرت ستار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "البرت ستار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Starr"
    title: "Albert Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Starr"
    title: "Albert Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Starr"
    title: "Albert Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Starr"
    title: "Albert Starr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Старр, Альберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2831566"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump