Forest Dewey Dodrill
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1902 –
Who is Forest Dewey Dodrill?
Forest Dewey Dodrill was a doctor at Harper University Hospital at Wayne State University in Michigan.After receiving a bachelor's degree from West Virginia University in 1925, he attended Harvard Medical School, graduating in 1930. Dodrill was an intern and resident at Harper Hospital in Detroit, and he got a M.Ch. degree from the University of Michigan in 1942.
On July 3, 1952 Dodrill completed the first successful open heart surgery on the left ventricle of Henry Opitek. He used a machine developed by himself and researchers at General Motors, the Dodrill-GMR, considered to be he first operational mechanical heart used while performing open heart surgery.
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- Born
- Jan 26, 1902
United States of America - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of Michigan
- Harvard Medical School
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on July 23, 2013
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