Clarence Dennis M. D. Ph.D. (June 16 1909 – July 11 2005) was an American cardiothoracic surgeon best known for his work in pioneering cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). He had invented one of the first heart-lung bypass machines and in 1951 he became the first to use such a device during an open-heart operation.
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birth date
1909-06-16
birth place
Saint Paul Minnesota, United States
death date
2005-07-11
death place
Saint Paul Minnesota, United States
education
Johns Hopkins
institution
University of Minnesota, National Institutes of Health, State University of New York at Stony Brook, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
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