Earl Bakken Electric tinkerer
Bakken invented the first portable battery-operated pacemaker.
From This is True for 28 October 2018
medicine
Doctors and medical researchers
Arvid Carlsson Dopamine doctor
Carlsson came up with the first effective treatment for Parkinson’s disease.
From This is True for 8 July 2018
Herbert Needleman “Lead industry” foe
“I don’t use this word often, but ‘hero’ is appropriate in Herb’s case.”
From This is True for 21 July 2017
John Sarno Pain doctor
Other doctors derided Sarno behind his back …but consulted him for their own chronic pain problems.
From This is True for 25 June 2017
George Weinberg Psychologist
Weinberg coined the word ‘homophobia’.
From This is True for 19 March 2017
Thomas Starzl Transplant researcher
Starzl’s work had been cited by other researchers more than any other researcher in the world.
From This is True for 5 March 2017
Denton Cooley Heart surgeon
“Dr. Cooley is probably the very best heart surgeon who has ever lived.”
From This is True for 20 November 2016
W. Dudley Johnson Cardiologist
A cardiologist, Johnson found it “very difficult to tell someone to go home, I can’t do anything for you.”
From This is True for 30 October 2016
Bertrand Bell Residency reformer
“A bus driver can’t do it. A pilot cannot do it. So why should a neophyte doctor do it?”
From This is True for 9 October 2016
Abdul Sattar Edhi Humanitarian
He had no funding, and simply led by example: the Edhi Foundation grew to be a huge public service organization.
From This is True for 10 July 2016