Adib Jatene

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Adib Jatene
Born	(1929-06-04)June 4, 1929 Xapuri, Acre, Brazil
Died	November 14, 2014(2014-11-14) (aged 85) São Paulo, Brazil
Alma mater	University of Sao Paulo

Adib Domingos Jatene (June 4, 1929 – November 14, 2014) was a noted Brazilian physician of Lebanese background, university professor, scientist and thoracic surgeon. He is remembered as the inventor of the arterial switch operation (sometimes called the Jatene arterial switch), a surgical technique to correct transposition of the great vessels in the newborn.^[1]