Heartbeat of Innovation

Edward Shorter is the Jason A. Hannah Professor of the History of Medicine and a professor of psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto.Hugh E. Scully is a professor emeritus of surgery and of health policy management and evaluation at the University of Toronto.Bernard S. Goldman is a professor emeritus of cardiac surgery in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a heart surgeon at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. .

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionPart One: Getting Going 1. Gordon Murray2. Uncle Bill3. "Bigelow’s Boys"4. Hypothermia Discovered5. First Operations6. Homes7. PacemakerPart Two: Full Speed Ahead 8. Bypass9. Moving On10. Pacemaker Clinic11. Ron Baird12. The Damaged Heart13. Valves14. Training15. ResearchPart Three: The Team 16. Cardiologists17. Nurses18. Perfusionists19. AnesthetistsPart Four: Today 20. Tirone David21. Vivek Rao22. Peter Munk Cardiac Centre23. Next Gen24. ConclusionAppendix I: The Local, Regional, National, and International Impact of Residents and Fellows Who Trained and Studied at the Toronto General HospitalAppendix II: TGH Cardiac Surgeons Who Have Been Honoured by Awards and Elective Leadership Positions for Their Outstanding Contributions to Heart and HealthcareAppendix III: Leadership Other Than Awards

"This institutional history chronicles the creation and expansion of the specialty of cardiac surgery as it unfolded at the Toronto General Hospital. As told here, Toronto General Hospital achieved constant innovation from its beginnings and maintained its pursuit of the goals for cardiac surgery its founders had established."- T. P. Gariepy, Stonehill College (CHOICE Connect)