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| Narrative Highlight: Herman Broers |
At part of the 50th Anniversary meeting of ASAIO we conducted preliminary exchanges with individuals working in the field of artificial organs. The text below comes from Herman Broers. |
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| 1. Which individual or event do you attribute the greatest historical significance in the advancement of organ replacement devices or machines? Please explain why. | |
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Dr Willem Kolff -- Why? Not only starting the field, but the circumstances under which he developed it. That is more than 60% of the story! He started in Kampen, The Netherlands during German occupation in World War II where he dialysed many patients, reaching his first success with the 17th patient. |
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