Description
Book SynopsisPioneering surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley recalls his extraordinary career and achievements, which include performing the first successful heart transplant in the United States and the first clinical implantation of a totally artificial heart in a human being.
Table of ContentsForeword
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: My Roots
Chapter 2: Boyhood Friends and Activities
Chapter 3: “This, My Friend, is the UT”
Chapter 4: Becoming a Doctor
Chapter 5: The Dawn of Heart Surgery
Chapter 6: Army Doctor
Chapter 7: Residency at Hopkins
Chapter 8: A Year at the Brompton
Chapter 9: Pioneering Cardiovascular Surgery
Chapter 10: Opening up the Heart
Chapter 11: An Institute for the Heart
Chapter 12: Transplanting Hearts
Chapter 13: The Total Artificial Heart
Chapter 14: The “Cooley Hilton” and Beyond
Chapter 15: On Being a Surgeon
Chapter 16: Private Life
Chapter 17: Reconciliation with Mike
Summing Up
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: Personal Contributions to Cardiovascular Surgery
Appendix C: Surgical Inventions and Products
Appendix D: Selected Publications
Appendix E: Denton A. Cooley Cardiovascular Surgical Society
Appendix F: Curriculum Vitae
Index
