# Claude Beck

> Claude Schaeffer Beck was a pioneer cardiac surgeon, famous for innovating various cardiac surgery techniques, and performing the first defibrillation in 1947. He was the first American professor of cardiovascular surgery, from 1952 through 1965. He was a nominee for the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1952.

*American cardiac surgeon and professor of cardiovascular surgery (1894–1971)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1894-11-08
- **Died:** 1971
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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