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Brian Barratt-Boyes

New Zealand heart surgeon (1924-2006) · New Zealand · On the map · Doctors · Died at 82

Sir Brian Gerald Barratt-Boyes was a pioneering New Zealand cardiothoracic surgeon.

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A life in dates

2006Died8 March 20061985Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of SurgeonsAward1971Knight Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1970Fellow of the Royal Society Te ApārangiAward1966Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1924Born13 January 1924

Awards

Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons1985
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire1971
Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi1970
Commander of the Order of the British Empire1966
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

About this person

He was known for early development of cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, early implantation of a cardiac pacemaker before these devices became commercially available in 1961, early use of human cadaveric aortic homografts for aortic valve replacement, and introduced the use of hypothermia and cardiac arrest for surgery in neonates and infants.

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Country
New Zealand
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 2006 · aged 82