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Norman Shumway

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American surgeon (1923-2006)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1923 to 2006 · aged 83
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Norman Edward Shumway was a pioneer of heart surgery at Stanford University. He was the 67th president of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and the first to perform an adult human to human heart transplantation in the United States.

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Awards 6

2001King Faisal International Prize in Medicine
1994Lister Medal
1987AMA Scientific Achievement Award
1980honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
1976Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh
1972honorary doctorate of the Henri Poincaré University

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Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 2006 · aged 83
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