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Cardiothoracic surgeon; founder of the Texas Heart Institute
United States · 1920–2016
American heart surgeon who performed the first implantation of a total artificial heart in a human in 1969 and founded the Texas Heart Institute in Houston in 1962. He and his teams performed more than 100,000 open-heart operations.
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You have to be intelligent, and be able to cope with stress. It is a stressful life, both mentally and physically. Those are the qualities to succeed as a surgeon.
Recorded Academy of Achievement recorded interview, American Academy of Achievement, 11 April 1991 source ↗
I don’t lead by force, I lead by example. And if I can, set a good example. If I can set an example to my staff and my group, by being punctual, I come to work every morning, walk onto the hospital floor within two or three minutes of the same time every day, and they can depend upon it.
Recorded Academy of Achievement recorded interview, American Academy of Achievement, 11 April 1991 source ↗
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