Lionel Opie

Lionel Opie
Born
Lionel Henry Opie

(1933-05-06)6 May 1933
Died20 February 2020(2020-02-20) (aged 86)
SpouseCarol Opie
Academic background
EducationBishops Diocesan College
Alma materUniversity of Cape Town
Lincoln College, Oxford
Academic work
DisciplineCardiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Cape Town
Notable worksDrugs for the Heart (1980)
Heart Physiology: From Cell to Circulation (1998)

Lionel Henry Opie OMS FRCP FRSSAf FACC (6 May 1933 – 20 February 2020) was a South African cardiologist. He was a professor of medicine at the University of Cape Town, where he conducted both experimental and clinical research on heart disease and cardiovascular physiology, metabolism, and pharmacology. He was the founding director of the university's Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research and the founding editor of the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. He also served as president of the International Society for Heart Research.