Alain Frédéric Carpentier | |
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| Born | 11 August 1933 |
| Known for | Mitral Valve Repair |
| Awards | Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (1996), Medallion for Scientific Achievement (2005), Lasker Prize (2007) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Heart Surgery |
| Institutions | Pierre and Marie Curie University |
Alain Frédéric Carpentier (born 11 August 1933) is a French surgeon whom the President of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery calls the father of modern mitral valve repair. He is most well known for the development and popularization of a number of mitral valve repair techniques. In 1996, he performed the first minimally invasive mitral valve repair in the world and in 1998 he performed the first robotic mitral valve repair with the DaVinci robot prototype.[1] He is the recipient of the 2007 Lasker Prize.