title: F. John Lewis, MD: 1916-1993.
abstract: F. John Lewis performed the first successful open heart operation in 1952. He was the first full-time member of the faculty of surgery at Northwestern University. This article gives a brief biography of this great surgeon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305-5247, USA.
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Shumway
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States