George E. Green (doctor)

George E. Green
Green in 1964
Born
George Edward Green

(1932-01-18) 18 January 1932 (age 92)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma materYale College, Yale Medical School
Occupation(s)Cardiac surgeon, author
Board member ofAmerican Board of Thoracic Surgery
Spouse
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(m. 1960)​

George E. Green is an American cardiac surgeon best known for pioneering and implementing the first surgical procedure of the left coronary artery bypass graft using the internal thoracic artery sutured to the left anterior descending coronary artery to bypass obstruction to the heart circulation in the late 1960s.[1] He applied these techniques in 1968 at New York University Medical Center. In 1970 he was hired to establish St. Luke's Hospital's (now Mount Sinai Morningside) cardiac surgery program in Manhattan, New York,[2] which by 1982 was seeing approximately 1,800 cases a year, the biggest program in the state. Green has lectured internationally on the topic,[3] and has written numerous reports on internal thoracic artery grafting,[4][5] as well as co-authoring Surgical Revascularization of the Heart: The Internal Thoracic Arteries.[6][7]

  1. ^ Nancy Cacioppo, "Story of a Heart", The Journal News, page 17, February 15, 1971
  2. ^ "Mount Sinai Historical Timeline - 1846 - 2021 (Dr. George E. Green 1970)" (PDF). Mount Sinai Morningside. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Icahn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "lnternal Mammary Artery-to-Coronary Artery Anastomosis: Three-Year Experience with 165 Patients by Dr. George E. Green". Annals Thoracic Surgery. September 3, 1972. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  5. ^ "Medical Articles Published by GE Green". PubMed.gov. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  6. ^ "Surgical Revascularization of the Heart: The Internal Thoracic Arteries by Green, Singh, and Gibbons". Kenyatta University. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  7. ^ Peggy Eastman, "Why Women Should Try to Avoid Bypasses", The Paducah Sun, page 38, June 25, 1986