Stuart W. Jamieson | |
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 Stuart Jamieson in his library 2019 | |
| Born | 1947 (age 76–77) |
| Education | St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London |
| Occupation | Cardiothoracic surgeon |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Known for | First to report that chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) can be corrected with Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) |
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Stuart William Jamieson FRCS (born 1947) is a British cardiothoracic surgeon, specialising in pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE), a surgical procedure performed to remove organized clotted blood (thrombus) from pulmonary arteries in people with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH).
In his early career, he wrote on xenograft hyperacute rejection and in December 1980 was part of the team that performed the first successful human heart transplant using the then newly discovered immunosuppressant cyclosporine. In 1981, he was part of Bruce Reitz's team that performed the world's first successful combined heart-lung transplant procedure at Stanford University. Following that, he continued to make significant contributions to heart-lung transplant procedures, and led programmes in cardiothoracic surgery in both adults and children.
In 1986, he was elected president of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), whilst he was professor and head of cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Minnesota. Later, he became dean of cardiovascular affairs and chair and distinguished professor of surgery at the University of California, San Diego, where he co-founded the Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center.