Denton Cooley
American heart surgeon (1920-2016) · United States · On the map · Doctors · Died at 96
Denton Arthur Cooley was an American cardiothoracic surgeon famous for performing the first implantation of a total artificial heart.
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Cooley was also the founder and surgeon in-chief of The Texas Heart Institute, chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at clinical partner Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, consultant in Cardiovascular Surgery at Texas Children's Hospital and a clinical professor of Surgery at McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.