Norman Shumway
| Norman Shumway | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 9, 1923 Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| Died | February 10, 2006 (aged 83) Palo Alto, California |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Heart Surgery |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Alma mater | John Tarleton Agricultural College, Baylor University, Vanderbilt University, University of Minnesota |
| Known for | Organ transplant Ciclosporin |
| Notable awards | Lister Medal (1994) |
Norman Edward Shumway (February 9, 1923 – February 10, 2006) was a pioneer of heart surgery at Stanford University.
Shumway was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan for one year as an undergraduate until he was drafted by the Army in 1943, which sent him to John Tarleton Agricultural College in Stephenville, Texas for engineering training. He then underwent Army Specialized Training, which included nine months of pre-medical training at Baylor University, followed by enrollment at Vanderbilt University for medical school. He received his M.D. from Vanderbilt in 1949. He did his residency at the University of Minnesota under Walt Lillehei alongside future fellow transplantation pioneer Christiaan Barnard, and was awarded a surgical doctorate in 1956. In 1958, he began working as an instructor in surgery at Stanford Hospital in San Francisco, California, and later, in Palo Alto when the hospital was moved.
He spent many years training promising young residents of cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery at Stanford University. Among his notable trainees is Stanford cardiologist Hannah Valantine, a native of Gambia who was appointed in 2014 as the U.S. National Institutes of Health Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity.
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