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Denton Cooley

1920 - 2016

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Denton Arthur Cooley (August 22, 1920 – November 18, 2016) was an American cardiothoracic surgeon famous for performing the first implantation of a total artificial heart. Cooley was also the founder and surgeon in-chief of The Texas Heart Institute, chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at clinical partner Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, consultant in Cardiovascular Surgery at Texas Children's Hospital and a clinical professor of Surgery at McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Denton Cooley is the 658th most popular physician (down from 641st in 2019), the 9,812th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,833rd in 2019) and the 82nd most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Denton Cooley ranks 658 out of 726. Before him are Walter Reed, Edward Angle, Harry Klinefelter, Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson, Yoshioka Yayoi, and Joseph Schröter. After him are Peter Lesgaft, Almroth Wright, Ellen S. Baker, Maria Vorontsova, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, and Thomas Lewis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Denton Cooley ranks 391. Before him are Irving Kristol, Doug Serrurier, Edy Reinalter, Nguyễn Thị Định, Adele Goldstine, and Georg Leber. After him are Steve Seymour, Friedrich Waller, John Paul Stevens, Kenneth McAlpine, Zully Moreno, and Adolph Dubs. Among people deceased in 2016, Denton Cooley ranks 472. Before him are André Guelfi, Atilio López, Lou Pearlman, Bobby Hutcherson, Yngve Brodd, and Ferreira Gullar. After him are Douglas Slocombe, Kevin Randleman, Mariano Mores, Roger Dumas, Bertil Roos, and Tammy Grimes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Denton Cooley ranks 9,814 out of 20,380. Before him are Bobcat Goldthwait (1962), Sonny Terry (1911), Kevin Alejandro (1976), Randy Matson (1945), Phillip Griffiths (1938), and Willie Davenport (1943). After him are Elda Emma Anderson (1899), Wallace Langham (1965), Dudley Nichols (1895), Billy Beane (1962), Brad Gilbert (1961), and Mary Boland (1882).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Denton Cooley ranks 82. Before him are William H. Welch (1850), William C. Gorgas (1854), Walter Reed (1851), Edward Angle (1855), Harry Klinefelter (1912), and Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878). After him are Ellen S. Baker (1953), John Heysham Gibbon (1903), James Ewing (1866), Robert Spitzer (1932), Thomas Starzl (1926), and Sara Josephine Baker (1873).

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