John Heysham Gibbon

John Heysham Gibbon (September 29, 1903 – February 5, 1973) was an American surgeon best known for inventing the heart–lung machine and performing subsequent open-heart surgeries which revolutionized heart surgery in the twentieth century. He was the son of Dr. John Heysham Gibbon Sr., and Marjorie Young Gibbon (daughter of General Samuel Young), and came from a long line of medical doctors including his father, grandfather Robert, great-grandfather John and great-great grandfather.

For the American army officer (1827–1896), this person's great-uncle, see John Gibbon.
John Heysham Gibbon
1968 Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award portrait
BornSeptember 29, 1903
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiedFebruary 5, 1973 (1973-02-06) (aged 69)
Media, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPrinceton University (A.B., 1923)
Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia (M.D., 1927)
Known forheart–lung machine
open heart surgery
AwardsGairdner Foundation International Award (1960)
Lasker-DeBakey
Clinical Medical Research Award (1968)
Dickson Prize (1973)
Scientific career
Fieldssurgery
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