A surgeon's memory and repaying an obligation SECOND Edition

I remember the very first day I assisted on an open-heart operation. I was an intern in training at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. The patient was undergoing a routine coronary bypass procedure. The attending surgeon was Dr. John Y. Templeton III, a pioneer in the field of car...

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Published inThe morning call (Allentown, Pa.)
Main Author Raymond L. Singer, Special to The Morning Call - Freelance
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Allentown, Pa Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 24.09.2006
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Gibbon, John
Templeton, John
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Summary:I remember the very first day I assisted on an open-heart operation. I was an intern in training at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. The patient was undergoing a routine coronary bypass procedure. The attending surgeon was Dr. John Y. Templeton III, a pioneer in the field of cardiac surgery. In fact, Dr. Templeton assisted Dr. John H. Gibbon Jr. on the very first open heart procedure ever performed using the heart-lung machine. This past year, I have had the honor of following in Dr. Templeton's footsteps by serving as the 44th president of the Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery. Not long ago, I received a very kind note from Dr. Templeton, now in his 90s, wishing me success at our meeting at Lehigh Valley Hospital. As I read his letter, I was overcome with emotion. Indeed, it was time to reminisce and reflect upon those early days -- the seemingly endless years of training, the countless sleepless nights, but most of all, the laughs and camaraderie that are a part of surgical training.
ISSN:0884-5557