Portrait of Dr. Richard L. Varco, Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School
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Title
Portrait of Dr. Richard L. Varco, Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School
Subject
Open Heart Surgery
Description
Dr. Richard Lynn Varco (1912-2004), a University of Minnesota graduate (M.B. 1937, M.D. 1937, Ph.D. 1944), was a Medical Fellow and Research Assistant in the Department of Surgery (1938-1940), Fellow and Instructor in the Department of Physiology (1940-1942), and Senior Resident (1942-1943), Instructor (1943-1944), Assistant Professor (1944-1946), Associate Professor (1946-1950), and Professor (1950-1981) in the Department of Surgery. He was named a Regents' Professor in 1974.
Dr. Varco is known for his contributions to intracardiac surgery as a member of the team that performed the world's first open heart surgery in a dry field under direct vision on September 2, 1952. Varco also performed the University's first kidney transplant in 1963. In 1969 he co-invented an implanted fusion pump used for chemotherapy and insulin delivery.
Dr. Varco is known for his contributions to intracardiac surgery as a member of the team that performed the world's first open heart surgery in a dry field under direct vision on September 2, 1952. Varco also performed the University's first kidney transplant in 1963. In 1969 he co-invented an implanted fusion pump used for chemotherapy and insulin delivery.
Creator
University of Minnesota
Source
"Vant-Vez," Photograph Collection. University of Minnesota Archives.
Publisher
University of Minnesota
Date
1955
Rights
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Format
Print Photograph
Language
eng
Identifier
una21156
Coverage
Open Heart Surgery
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Original Format
Print Photograph
Physical Dimensions
5 x 7 in.
Citation
University of Minnesota, “Portrait of Dr. Richard L. Varco, Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School,” Gallery, accessed April 25, 2024, https://gallerytemp.reclaim.hosting/items/show/3039.