Portland,Oregon Health Sciences Univ.
Father of Interventional Radiology & Coronary angioplasty
Dr.Andreas GRUENTZIG (1939-1985) Born Germany; worked in Zurich. Died:Private plane crash
Stainless steel sirolimus-eluting stent.(1977)
.Dr. Julio PALMAZ (1945-)
MD( Nat.U.La Plata, Argentina)
Univ.Texas,San Antonio.
Balloon Expanding :PALMAS-SCHATZ stent (1985)
Drs. Jaques PUEL & Ulrich SIGWART
TOULOUSE
Coronary stent 1986
TORONTO St.Michael's Hosp
Michael Kutryk, MD, PhD, FRCPC Appointments: St. Michael's Hospital Staff Cardiologist
University of Toronto Clinician Scientist
1981 Bachelors of Science, First Class Honors (Chemistry and Microbiology): University of Manitoba
1990 Masters of Science (Cardiovascular Physiology): University of Manitoba
1991 PhD (Cardiovascular Physiology): University of Manitoba
1990-1993 Internal Medicine Training: McGill University
1995-1999 Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Cell Biology: Erasmus University, Netherlands
1993-1995 Cardiology Training: McGill University
1995-1999 Interventional Training: University Hospital, Dijkzigt, Netherlands
Languages spoken: English, French, Ukranian and Dutch
Special Interests: Myocardial angiogenesis, prevention of restenosis, intracoronary stent design, clinical gene therapy.
Bradley H. Strauss, MD, PhD, FRCP(C) Appointments: St. Michael's Hospital Director of Interventional Cardiology, Clinician Scientist, Vascular Biology Laboratories
University of Toronto Associated Professor of Medicine and
Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology,
1982 Medical Degree: University of Toronto
Internal Medicine training: University of Toronto
Cardiology training: University of Ottawa
1991 PhD: Erasmus University
Languages Spoken: English, some French and Dutch
Special Interests: Restenosis, Smooth muscle cell function, experimental arterial response to injury, chronic total occlusions, assessment of new coronary interventional devices.
