Frontmatter
Contents
Plates
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART ONE Getting Going
Chapter One Gordon Murray
Chapter Two Uncle Bill
Chapter Three "Bigelow's Boys"
Chapter Four Hypothermia Discovered
Chapter Five The First Operations
Chapter Six Homes
Chapter Seven The Pacemaker
PART TWO Full Speed Ahead
Chapter Eight Bypass
Chapter Nine Moving On
Chapter Ten The Pacemaker Clinic
Chapter Eleven Ron Baird
Chapter Twelve The Damaged Heart
Chapter Thirteen Valves
Chapter Fourteen Training
Chapter Fifteen Research
PART THREE The Team
Chapter Sixteen Cardiologists
Chapter Seventeen Nurses
Chapter Eighteen Perfusionists
Chapter Nineteen Anesthetists
PART FOUR Today
Chapter Twenty Tirone David
Chapter Twenty-One Vivek Rao
Chapter Twenty-Two The Peter Munk Cardiac Centre
Chapter Twenty-Three The Next Gen
Chapter Twenty-Four Conclusion
Appendix I: The Local, Regional, National, and International Impact of Residents and Fellows Who Trained and Studied at the Toronto General Hospital
Appendix II: TGH Cardiac Surgeons Who Have Been Honoured by Awards and Elective Leadership Positions for Their Outstanding Contributions to Heart and Healthcare
Appendix III: Leadership Other than Awards
Notes
Index