Prof.Wassim Khoury
& cardiac surgery
have a common history
. . .
1954
A FERTILE BREEDING GROUND FOR CARDIAC SURGERY
In 1954 in the USA, John H. Gibbon and Walton Lillehei performed the first open-heart surgical procedure under Extra-Corporal Circulation (ECC) in a male patient for closure of Inter-Ventricular Communication (IVC) and the first repair procedures for congenital heart defects.
BIRTH OF WASSIM KHOURY
It was in the year 1954 that born, Wassim Khoury, in the heart of the Roman city of Sweda, in southern Syria.
1968
ONCE AGAIN HEART SURGERY IS IN THE NEWS
In 1968, another major step was taken in Laënnec Hospital in Paris France, Dr. Eric Hazan performed the first coronary artery bypass grafting surgical procedure in Europe. Ten years later, in 1978, Wassim Khoury joined the staff of Laënnec Hospital, a major French school of heart surgery for adults and..Read More
1971
A PIVOTAL YEAR IN HIS LIFE AS A MAN AND A FUTURE SURGEON.
His father, a banker in Damascus, died of a myocardial infarction before coronary artery bypass grafting surgery became available, performed by Dr. Eric Hazan in 1968 in Laennec Hospital. In a pre-mortem testament, his father begged his son to dedicate himself to a medical career and more precisely to treat..Read More
THE PARLY 2 CLINIC INAUGURATION
The Parly 2 Clinic, near Paris, was also inaugurated in 1971.
1972
CARPENTIER-EDWARDS FIRST PORCINE BIO-PROTHESIS
In 1972, the first porcine bio-prothesis was made, the Carpentier-Edwards cardiac prosthetic valve, again with the undeniable link between his life and the history of heart surgery.
FIRST CARDIAC SURGERY IN THE PARLY 2 CLINIC
in 1972 the first cardiac surgery procedures were performed in the Parly 2 Clinic, a hospital in which Dr Khoury practices and also in the American Hospital of Paris.
1994
FOUNDATION OF A.R.P. ASSOCIATION (Association Research and Progress)
Wassim Khoury became the co-founder of the association A.R.P., the Association Research and Progress ; non-profit association, governed by the 1901 law.
2005
HEAD OF THE CARDIAC SURGERY UNIT
In 2005, he became head of the cardiac surgery unit at the American Hospital in Paris, until today.
2017
OBTAINING A US PATENT
USP 9,629,685 B2 – Surgical Gauze Swab & Surgical instrument comprising a detection means.
This thirty year university-hospital career has been carried out mainly in Laennec and Necker Hospitals (Paris).
During this productive career consisting of French and international training, Dr Wassim Khoury has received medical degrees, distinctions and titles.
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