John Heysham Gibbon was widely recognized for his pioneering efforts in surgery and the invention of the heart-lung bypass machine. John Heysham Gibbon (1903-1973) was born in Philadelphia, PA. He was the son of Dr. John Heysham Gibbon, Sr., and Marjorie Young Gibbon, and came from a long generation of medical doctors including his father, grandfather Robert, great-grandfather John and great-great grandfather. He completed his A.B. from Princeton University in 1923 and his M.D.
from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia in 1927. He also received honorary degrees from the Universities of Princeton, Buffalo and Pennsylvania, and Dickinson College. He held the positions of Professor of Surgery and Director of the Department of Surgery (1946-1956) and was the Samuel D. Gross Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery (1946-1967). Achievements of John Heysham Gibbon John Heysham…
