Pierre Grondin
{{Short description|Canadian cardiac surgeon (1925–2006)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Pierre Grondin
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|08|18}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|01|17|1925|08|18}}
| education = Doctor of Medicine degree, Université Laval, 1951.
Specialist's certificate in cardiac surgery and a fellowship from the American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, 1960.
| occupation = Cardiac surgeon
| known_for = One of the first doctors to perform a successful heart transplant.
| awards = Recipient of the Prix Lenègre from the Foundation Nativelle
}}
Pierre Grondin (August 18, 1925 – January 17, 2006),{{Cite journal |date=2006-04-01 |title=Pierre Grondin, Guiding Spirit of the Montreal-Madrid Agreement |url=https://www.revespcardiol.org/en-pierre-grondin-guiding-spirit-of-articulo-13087439 |journal=Revista Española de Cardiología (English Edition) |language=en |volume=59 |issue=4 |pages=396 |doi=10.1016/S1885-5857(06)60779-2 |issn=1885-5857|hdl=1807/24722 |hdl-access=free }} was a Canadian cardiac surgeon known for his contributions to heart transplantation and cardiac surgery.{{Cite journal |last=Grondin |first=Claude M. |date=2006 |title=IN MEMORIAM: Pierre Grondin M.D. 1925-2006 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-8191.2006.00327.x |journal=Journal of Cardiac Surgery |language=en |volume=21 |issue=6 |pages=527–528 |doi=10.1111/j.1540-8191.2006.00327.x |issn=1540-8191}} After completing postgraduate training with Michael DeBakey and Denton Cooley in Houston, Texas, Grondin introduced advanced techniques—such as open-heart surgery using the heart-lung machine and coronary artery bypass surgery—at the Montreal Heart Institute.{{Cite journal |date=2006-04-01 |title=Pierre Grondin, Guiding Spirit of the Montreal-Madrid Agreement |url=https://www.revespcardiol.org/en-pierre-grondin-guiding-spirit-of-articulo-13087439 |journal=Revista Española de Cardiología (English Edition) |language=en |volume=59 |issue=4 |pages=396 |doi=10.1016/S1885-5857(06)60779-2 |issn=1885-5857 |hdl-access=free |hdl=1807/24722}} In the early 1950s, he contributed to the development of open-heart surgery using the heart-lung machine.{{Cite journal |last=Punjabi |first=Prakash P |last2=Taylor |first2=K M |date=September 2013 |title=The science and practice of cardiopulmonary bypass: From cross circulation to ECMO and SIRS |url=http://www.qscience.com/doi/abs/10.5339/gcsp.2013.32 |journal=Global Cardiology Science and Practice |language=en |volume=2013 |issue=3 |pages=32 |doi=10.5339/gcsp.2013.32 |issn=2305-7823 |pmc=3963750 |pmid=24689026}} In May 1968, Grondin performed Canada's first successful heart transplant at the Montreal Heart Institute.{{Cite journal |last=Jacques |first=Frédéric |last2=Carrier |first2=Michel |last3=Pelletier |first3=Guy B. |last4=White |first4=Michel |last5=Racine |first5=Normand |last6=Pellerin |first6=Michel |last7=Bouchard |first7=Denis |last8=Demers |first8=Philippe |last9=Perrault |first9=Louis P. |date=2008 |title=Two decades of cardiac transplantation at the Montreal Heart Institute |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0828282X08705889 |journal=Canadian Journal of Cardiology |language=en |volume=24 |issue=3 |pages=217–221 |doi=10.1016/S0828-282X(08)70588-9 |pmc=2649637 |pmid=18340393}}{{Cite web |last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca |first=Zone Science- |date=2018-05-28 |title=A first heart transplant in Canada in 1968 |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1103120/greffe-coeur-transplantation-institut-cardiologie-montreal-histoire-canada-archives |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Radio-Canada |language=fr-ca}}
Education and career
Grondin was awarded his Medical degree from the Université Laval in 1951, after which he went on to obtain a specialist's certificate in cardiac surgery and a fellowship from the American College of Surgeons in San Francisco in 1960. He began his career as a surgeon at the Hôpital Ste-Marie de Trois-Rivières. In 1971, he joined the Faculty of Medicine of the Université de Montréal as a clinical professor. After nearly 15 years as head of its surgical division, Grondin left the Montreal Heart Institute in 1978 to occupy the same position as head of cardiothoracic surgery at St. Francis Hospital in Miami Beach, Florida. He returned to Canada in 1990 to start a cardiac surgery program at the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Quebec City, and in 1995, at the age of 70, he retired.https://isni.oclc.org/cbs/DB=1.2//CMD?ACT=SRCH&IKT=8006&TRM=ISN%3A0000000007850295&TERMS_OF_USE_AGREED=Y&terms_of_use_agree=send&COOKIE=U50,KENDUSER,I28,B0028++++++,SY,NISNI,D1.2,E7f7d555a-a0,A,H1,,3-28,,30-41,,43-59,,65-70,,74-75,R37.217.159.161,FY
Achievements and later life
Grondin was one of the pioneers in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery in his field. In collaboration with other surgeons, he organized the surgery department at the Montreal Heart Institute.https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:xw42r7981 He acted as head of the surgery department from 1963 to 1975. During this time, he was appointed Honorary Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of Santo Domingo. He was also responsible for agreements between the Université de Montréal and its counterparts in Liège and Madrid. Grondin was the recipient of the Prix Lenègre from the Fondation Nativelle{{Cite web |title=1968 : Pierre Grondin, première greffe cardiaque au Canada |url=https://histoire.medecine.umontreal.ca/1968-pierre-grondin-premiere-greffe-cardiaque-au-canada/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=Ligne du temps - Faculté de médecine}} and the Order of Canada medal. In May 1968, at the Montreal Heart Institute, he performed the first successful heart transplant in Canada.https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13516939m
Grondin died in Shawinigan, Quebec, on January 17, 2006, of an esophageal rupture at the age of 80.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.icm-mhi.org/en/index.html Montreal Heart Institute]
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Category:Université Laval alumni
Category:Canadian cardiac surgeons