Dr. Harry L. Page, Jr. Performing the First PTCA in the Mid-South, 1979

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Dr. Harry L. Page, Jr. Performing the First PTCA in the Mid-South, 1979

Subject

Cardiology

Description

First PTCA (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty) in the Mid-South, Nov. 6, 1979. Foreground Harry Page and George Burrus, background E.E. Anderson, John Breinig, and Bart Campbell. At the time, Dr.s Page and Campbell were at St. Thomas Hospital.

Dr. Page was a member of the VSM class of 1959, as well as a former resident and faculty member. He is one of the founders of the cardiology practice that has now become the Vanderbilt Page-Campbell Heart Institute. George R. Burrus (1955) and Edward E. Anderson (1961) are also both Vanderbilt alumni and former residents. John Breinig is a former Vanderbilt resident. Bart Campbell is professor of cardiology at Vanderbilt.

This image was first published on page 54 of Dr. Page's memoir, "One Heart at a Time."

Creator

Rand Frederiksen

Source

Harry L. Page, Jr.

Publisher

Harry L. Page, Jr.

Date

1979-11-06

Contributor

Harry L. Page, Jr.

Rights

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Identifier

Page_HL_3

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Digital image

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People Depicted

Ordered left to right as they appear in the image, starting from the top left.

Citation

Rand Frederiksen, “Dr. Harry L. Page, Jr. Performing the First PTCA in the Mid-South, 1979,” VUMC Through Time: A Photographic Archive, accessed September 30, 2023, https://eblthroughtime.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/11753.

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