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Floyd John Lewis (1916- 1993) was an American surgeon who performed the first successful open heart operation, closing an atrial spetal defect in a 5 year old girl, on September 2nd, 1952. For the next 3 years, Lewis and colleagues operated on 60 patients with aterial septal defects using hypothermia and inflow occlusion. He was best friends with C. Walton Lillihei and they worked together at the University of Minnesota.

In 1956, Lewis moved on from Minnesota to Northwestern University where he became the first full-time member of the faculty of surgery. At Northwestern, F. John continued investigating the use of hypothermia in the operating room. Lewis later trained Tom Starzl, who was compelting a fellowshoip in cardiovascular surgery at Northwestern, and helped him to win a Markle Scholarship.

After being passed up for the Chair of Surgery position, Lewis departed for Santa Barbara in 1976 where he engaged in new careers: writing hiking and mountain-climbing essays, and publishing a pamphlet entitled Bicycling Santa Barbara. He died on September 20th, 1993 in Santa Barbara of septicemia.

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