F. John Lewis speaking to a medical resident at the University of Minnesota Medical Center

F. John Lewis speaking to a medical resident at the University of Minnesota Medical Center

Open Heart Surgery

F. John Lewis (1916-1993) was an Instructor (1950), Assistant Professor (1951), Clinical Associate Professor (1952-1953), and Associate Professor of surgery (1954-1956) at the University of Minnesota. He went on to become the first full-time member of the surgical faculty at Northwestern University in 1956, retiring in 1976.

While at the University of Minnesota, Lewis performed the first open heart surgery under direct vision in a dry operative field on September 2, 1952.

University of Minnesota

"Lew," Photograph Collection, University of Minnesota Archives

University of Minnesota

circa 1950s

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Open Heart Surgery

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