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List of cardiologists

This is a list of people notable in the field of cardiology. Presented along with their year of birth, death, nationality, notability, and reference(s).

Cardiologists

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NameBirthDeathNationalityNotesReference(s)
Maude Abbott18691940Canada[1]
Robert Adams17911875Ireland[2]
Anthony Adducci19372006United StatesInventor of the world's first lithium battery powered artificial pacemaker.[3]
Raymond Perry Ahlquist19141983United States[4]
John Ainsworth1957–BritishTreating complex heart conditions[5]
Karl Albert Ludwig Aschoff18661942Germany[6]
John Brereton Barlow19242008South AfricaFirst described mitral valve prolapse (also called Barlow's syndrome)[7][8]
Christiaan Neethling Barnard19222001South AfricaCardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation
Fernando Antonio Bermúdez Arias19332007Venezuela
Barouh Berkovits19262012CzechoslovakiaPioneered cardiac defibrillators and pace makers[9]
Richard N. FogorosUnited States[10]
Werner Forssmann19041979Germany1929 first cardiac catheterization
Michel Haïssaguerre1955France[11]
Roland Hetzer1944GermanyFounder of Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin
Mark Josephson1943United StatesPublished "Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Techniques and Interpretations,"[12]
Geza de Kaplany1926HungaryMurdered his wife in August 1962. Received life imprisonment.[13][14][15]
Antonio Fernós-Isern18951974Puerto RicoWas the "first" Puerto Rican cardiologist and a former Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico[16]
Mario R. García Palmieri19272014Puerto RicoWas given the title Master of the American College of Cardiology (M.A.C.C.), an honor given to a maximum three cardiologists in practice each year.[17][18]
Mervyn Gotsman1935South AfricaWas chairman of the cardiology department at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem for 27 years.[19]
Andreas Gruentzig19391985German/AmericanPerformed first balloon angioplasty.[20]
Max Holzmann18991994[21]
Murray S. Hoffman 1924 2018 United States Chief of Cardiology at National Jewish Hospital and then went into private practice in Denver, Colorado, President of the National Mayo Alumni Association, Member of the Board of Trustees of the American College of Cardiology, President of the Colorado Heart Association, retired from private practice and joined the faculty at the University of Colorado Medical Center. As President of the Colorado Heart Association, he founded one of the early jogging programs promoting heart health.
J. Willis Hurst 1920 2011 United States Cardiologist of former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. Editor of Hurst's the Heart.
Vladimir Kanjuh1929Macedonia[22]
Yariv Khaykin Canada [23]
John Kjekshus1936Norwaychaired the National Association for Public Health from 2005. Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and was awarded the King's Medal of Merit
Bhagawan Koirala1960Nepal[24]
Om Murti Anil1978NepalKnown for raising health awareness against heart diseases. Received many awards including Suprabal Janasewa Shree, Best paper award by NHRC[25]
Nicholas KounisGreeceDescribed Kounis syndrome.[26]
Aldona Lukoševičiūtė 1929 2016 Lithuanian Inventor of clinical defibrillation and stimulation methods in Lithuania [27]
Rashid Massumi19262015Iranian-American[28][29]
Quintiliano de Mesquita19182000Brazil[30]
Michel Mirowski19241990Polish-AmericanImplantable defibrillator[31]
Ivan Mitev19242007BulgariaDiscovered the sixth heart tone[32]
Henry N. Neufeld19231986Israeli
Denis Noble1936BritishAwarded the State Prize of the USSR in the field of science and technology.[33]
Emmy OkelloUganda[34]
Wendy S. PostUnited StatesDirector of Research for the Hopkins Cardiovascular Fellowship Training Program[35]
Amiran Revishvili1956Russia[36]
Park Seung-jungKorean
Walter Somerville19132005Ireland[37]
Ramón M. Suárez18951981Puerto Rico[38]
Frans Van de WerfBelgiumEditor-in-Chief, European Heart Journal[39]
Hein Wellens19352020NetherlandsCardiac electro-physiology
Karel Frederik Wenckebach18641940Netherlands and Austria[40]
Mónica Xavier1956UruguayCardiologist turned politician[41]
Naresh Trehan 1946 Indian Received numerous awards, including the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award and Dr. B. C. Roy Award.
Bruce Lerman United States Chief of the Division of Cardiology and Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Filip Swirski 1974- United States Professor, researcher and scientists, known for novel findings in Linking atherosclerosis with blood monocytosis.

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References

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  1. ↑ Hurst, J. Willis; Dobell, A. R. C. (1988). "Maude Abbott". Clinical Cardiology. 11 (9): 658–659. doi:10.1002/clc.4960110913. ISSN 1932-8737. PMID 3067921.
  2. ↑ Wooley, Charles F. (1996). "Robert Adams—"A dublin master of clinical expression"". Clinical Cardiology. 19 (6): 523–524. doi:10.1002/clc.4960190617. ISSN 1932-8737. PMID 8790962.
  3. ↑ "Minnesota Historical Society: Home | Pioneers of the Medical Industry in Minnesota". mnhs.gitlab.io.
  4. ↑ Little, R. C. (1988). "Raymond P. Ahlquist (1914-1983)". Clinical Cardiology. 11 (8): 583–584. doi:10.1002/clc.4960110815. ISSN 1932-8737. S2CID 74396544.
  5. ↑ "Meet Dr. John Ainsworth A Cardiology Specialist With Over 30 Years Of Experience" (Press release). MENAFN. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  6. ↑ Hurst, J. Willis; Fye, W. Bruce (1999). "Ludwig Aschoff". Clinical Cardiology. 22 (8): 545–546. doi:10.1002/clc.4960220812. ISSN 1932-8737. PMC 6655567. PMID 10492846.
  7. ↑ Cheng, Tsung O. (2000). "John B. Barlow: Master clinician and compleat cardiologist". Clinical Cardiology. 23 (1): 66–67. doi:10.1002/clc.4960230123. PMC 6655006. PMID 10680035.
  8. ↑ Cheng, Tsung O. (December 15, 2014). "John B. Barlow: The man and his syndrome". International Journal of Cardiology. 177 (2): 311–316. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.139. PMID 25189493 – via www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com.
  9. ↑ "Barouh Berkovits Obituary - Brookline, MA". Dignity Memorial.
  10. ↑ "Richard N. Fogoros, MD (DrRich)". Archived from the original on 2014-10-08. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
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  12. ↑ "Not Found | BIDMC of Boston".
  13. ↑ Davis, Carol Anne (April 11, 2011). Doctors Who Kill: Profiles of Lethal Medics. Allison & Busby. ISBN 978-0-7490-1007-2 – via Google Books.
  14. ↑ Westveer, Arthur E. <! --; Federal Bureau Of Investigation, United States --> (1997). "Managing death investigation".
  15. ↑ "Geza de Kaplany v. J. J. Enomoto, Director of California Department of Corrections, 540 F.2d 975 - CourtListener.com". Retrieved 2014-02-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  16. ↑ "About this Reading Room | Hispanic Reading Room | Research Centers | Library of Congress". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  17. ↑ Hurst, J. Willis (2004). "Mario R. García-Palmieri". Clinical Cardiology. 27 (7): 431–432. doi:10.1002/clc.4960270715. PMC 6654209. PMID 15298048.
  18. ↑ "Home". American College of Cardiology.
  19. ↑ "The heart's reward". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. May 19, 2007.
  20. ↑ James S. Forrester: The Heart Healers. The Misfits, Mavericks, and Rebels Who Created the Greatest Medical Breakthrough of Our Lives. New York 2015. ISBN 978-1-250-10540-0.pages 229-238
  21. ↑ "Details | Marcel Benoist". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Vladimir Kanjuh" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Team member: Dr. Yaariv Khaykin". Pace Cardiology. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  24. ↑ "An interview with Prof. Dr. Bhagawan Koirala taken for Readers Club magazine "Reflection"". November 27, 2012.
  25. ↑ "Dr Om Murti Anil: A cardiologist with a big heart". The Annapurna Express.
  26. ↑ Kounis, Nicholas G. (March 4, 2013). "Kounis syndrome: a monster for the atopic patient". Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy. 3 (1): 1–4. doi:10.3978/j.issn.2223-3652.2013.02.05. PMID 24282739 – via cdt.amegroups.org.
  27. ↑ "lietuvai". lietuvai.lt. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
  28. ↑ "Rashid A. Massumi". www.whonamedit.com.
  29. ↑ "Rashid Massumi, MD". www.wellness.com.
  30. ↑ "Infarct Combat Project - Articles". www.infarctcombat.org.
  31. ↑ "The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: From Mirowski to its current use | BC Medical Journal". Archived from the original on 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  32. ↑ Mitev, I (1977). "[The 6th heart sound]". Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss. 70 (3): 265–72. PMID 404983.
  33. ↑ Oxford Cardiac Electrophysiology Group: People (Denis Noble) Archived 2006-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
  34. ↑ "Heart Disease in Uganda: Present and future". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  35. ↑ "Wendy Post and Roger Blumenthal". The New York Times. 13 April 1997. Archived from the original on 2015-03-10. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  36. ↑ "Вестник Аритмологии :: РЕВИШВИЛИ АМИРАН ШОТАЕВИЧ (К 50-ЛЕТИЮ СО ДНЯ РОЖДЕНИЯ)". www.vestar.ru.
  37. ↑ Towers, M.; Emanuel, R. (2006). "Walter Somerville CBE 1913–2005". Heart. 92 (1): 11. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.083725. PMC 1860973.
  38. ↑ "Dr. Ramón Suárez". April 24, 2009.
  39. ↑ "Frans Van de Werf". archive.connect.h1.co.
  40. ↑ "Karel Frederik Wenckebach". www.whonamedit.com.
  41. ↑ "Monica Xavier | Frente Amplio". Archived from the original on April 18, 2012.
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