Narrative Highlight: John Toomasian

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 John M. Toomasian.

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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.
	The cross circulation experience of C.Walton Lillehei which lead to the ultimate decision of developing the heart lung machine and subsequent work of Richard DeWall on the first disposable gas exchange device.