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Donald Ross | |
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| Born | 4 October 1922 |
| Died | 7 July 2014 (aged 91) |
| Occupation(s) | Doctor, thoracic surgeon |
| Years active | 1947-1997 |
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Donald Nixon Ross, FRCS (4 October 1922 – 7 July 2014) was a South African-born British thoracic surgeon who was a pioneer of cardiac surgery and led the team that carried out the first heart transplantation in the United Kingdom in 1968. He developed the pulmonary autograft, known as the Ross procedure, for treatment of aortic valve disease.