Lawrence H. Cohn | |
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Born | |
Died | January 9, 2016 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 78)
Education | Stanford University School of Medicine University of California, Berkeley |
Known for | Heart valve repair and replacement surgery Minimally invasive heart valve surgery |
Medical career | |
Profession | Surgeon |
Institutions | Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School |
Sub-specialties | Cardiovascular surgery |
Lawrence H. Cohn, (March 11, 1937 – January 9, 2016) was an American pioneering cardiac surgeon, researcher, and medical educator. He had been on the surgical staff at Harvard Medical School since 1971 and had been a Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School since 1980. In 2000, he was awarded the first endowed Chair in Cardiac Surgery at Harvard Medical School.[1]