Bruce Reitz
Bruce Reitz
Bruce Reitz (pronounced "rights") is a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon known for his significant contributions to the field of medicine.
Pronunciation
Bruce Reitz is pronounced as "Bruce Rights".
Etymology
The name Bruce is of French and Scottish origin, meaning "from the brushwood thicket". Reitz is a German surname, derived from the Middle High German "riuzze", meaning "rush, reed".
Biography
Bruce Reitz is best known for performing the first successful heart-lung transplant in 1981 at Stanford University Medical Center. He served as the Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1990 to 2004. He has also been a professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Vascular Surgery at Stanford University.
Related Terms
- Heart-Lung Transplant: A surgical procedure in which both the heart and lungs are replaced with those from a deceased donor.
- Cardiothoracic Surgery: The field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of organs inside the thorax.
- Vascular Surgery: A surgical subspecialty in which diseases of the vascular system, or arteries, veins and lymphatic circulation, are managed by medical therapy, minimally-invasive catheter procedures, and surgical reconstruction.
- Stanford University Medical Center: A medical complex which includes Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children's Health.
- Johns Hopkins Hospital: A teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Bruce Reitz
- Wikipedia's article - Bruce Reitz
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