Viking Bjork

Viking Bjork

male
swedish, surgeon, heartvalve, aortic valve, mitral valve, Pfizer
Viking Bjork (b. 1919) is a Swedish cardiac surgeon. In 1968 he collaborated with American engineer Donald Shiley to develop the first "monostrut...

Donald Shiley

male
University of Portland alumni, engineer, Edwards valve, Edwards Laboratories, Bjork-Shiley, Pfizer…heartvalve
Donald Shiley is one of the co-inventors of Pfizer's Bjork-Shiley heart valve. He is a 1957 alumnus of the University of Portland, where he studied...
Curtis Pitts

Curtis Pitts

male, deceased (2005)
Death from surgical complications, designer, smithsonian institution, heartvalve, biplane, aerobatic
Curtis Pitts of Stillmore, Georgia, was a designer of a series of popular aerobatic biplanes, known as the Pitts Special. Curtis grew up in...
Alphonse Leweck

Alphonse Leweck

male, 28 years old
German, FC Etzella Ettelbruck player, Luxembourgian football player, National Division, Luxembourg National Division, FC Etzella Ettelbruck…heartvalve
Alphonse Leweck is a Luxembourgian footballer. He plays as a midfielder for FC Etzella Ettelbruck in Luxembourg's domestic National Division, and...
Maro Ajemian

Maro Ajemian

female, deceased (1978)
Classical pianist, heartvalve, juilliard school of music, American, Armenian-American, Armenian American
Maro Ajemian (b. July 9, 1921; d. September 18, 1978) was an American pianist of Armenian descent. Ajemian studied at the Juilliard School of Music...
Julius Caesar Aranzi

Julius Caesar Aranzi

male, deceased (1589)
Neuroscientist, Italian, anatomist, hippocampus, heart, heartvalve…valve
Julius Caesar Aranzi (1530-1589) was a leading figure in the history of the science of human anatomy. He was anatomical professor for thirty-two...