Alain Carpentier

Alain Frédéric Carpentier
Born (1933-08-11) 11 August 1933 (age 91)
Known forMitral Valve Repair
AwardsPrix mondial Cino Del Duca (1996), Medallion for Scientific Achievement (2005), Lasker Prize (2007)
Scientific career
FieldsHeart Surgery
InstitutionsPierre 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.

  1. ^ Adams, David; Cohn, Lawrence. Cardiac Surgery in the Adult 5/e. McGraw Hill.