The path of the first female surgeon to open-heart surgery - Nina Starr Braunwald

Abstract

Nina Starr Braunwald - first female heart surgeon, a pioneer in cardio-thoracic surgery, certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and the first elected to the American Thoracic Surgery Association, a wonderful wife and mother of three daughters, teacher and mentor of several generations of doctors. We will tell everyone about this in more detail in our historical note

Keywords

• female
• heart surgeon; braunwald-morrow mitral valve
• braunwald-cutter valve
• mitral valve replacement