Clarence Walton Lillehei (October 23, 1918 – July 5, 1999), was an American surgeon who pioneered open-heart surgery, as well as numerous techniques, equipment and prostheses for cardiothoracic surgery.

Sep 28, 1999 · On July 5, 1999, Clarence Walton Lillehei, one of the world’s foremost cardiac surgeons, researchers, and educators, died at his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota, of prostate cancer at 80 years of age.

C. Walton Lillehei, PhD, MD The Father of Open-Heart Surgery A Department of Surgery professor at the University of Minnesota from 1951 to 1967, Lillehei participated in the world's first successful open-heart operation, performed at the University of Minnesota on September 2, 1952.

Dr. C. Walton Lillehei was a world-famous professor of surgery at the University of Minnesota and an innovator in the field of open-heart surgery.

A pioneer in open heart surgery, Clarence Walton Lillehei was an American cardiac surgeon who was part of the team that performed the world's first successful open-heart operation. Open heart surgery, as commonplace as it is today, was an unimaginable concept just six decades ago.

Jan 17, 2020 · A pioneering surgeon at the University of Minnesota, Dr C. Walton Lillehei, is still considered the “father of open-heart surgery”. Dr Lillehei and his surgical team performed the first open-heart operations utilizing cross-circulation, including the first successful ventricular septal defect closure on a 3-year-old boy.

C. (Clarence) Walton Lillehei Field of Expertise/Inquiry Medicine: pioneer of open-heart surgery and surgical devices/methods for treatment of cardio-thoracic disease and defects.

Jul 8, 1999 · Dr. C. Walton Lillehei, a pioneer in open-heart surgery, valve replacements and the electronic pacemaker, died on Monday at his home in St. Paul. He was 80.

The world of cardiac surgery has lost a pioneer with the passing of Dr C. Walton Lillehei. Dr Lillehei was 80 years old when he died at home of prostate cancer July 5, 1999. Many of today’s cardiac surgeons believe that Dr Lillehei should be credited with …

C. Walton Lillehei, a pioneer in open-heart surgery, valve replacement and the electronic pacemaker, died on Monday at his home in St. Paul. He was 80. The cause was cancer, said St. Jude Medical Inc. in St. Paul, the medical equipment manufacturer where Lillehei had worked as a division medical director since 1979.