What is John Najarian?
'''John Sarkis Najarian''' (December 22, 1927 &ndash; September 1, 2020) was an American transplant surgeon. He was a clinical professor of transplant surgery at the [[University of Minnesota]]. Najarian was an important person in the discovery and usage of [[thoracic]] [[transplant]] surgery.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Najarian, MD |url=https://asts.org/about-asts/chimera-chronicles/profiles/john-najarian-md#.Xdurs99ME0M |website=asts.org |publisher=American Society of Transplant Surgeons |access-date=25 Nov 2019}}</ref> He was born in [[Oakland, California]]. Najarian died on September 1, 2020 in [[Stillwater, Minnesota]] at the age of 92.<ref name=StribObit2020>{{cite web |last1=Carlson |first1=Joe |title=Pioneering transplant surgeon Dr. John S. Najarian has died |url=https://www.startribune.com/pioneering-transplant-surgeon-dr-john-s-najarian-has-died/572290472/ |website=Star Tribune |access-date=2 September 2020 |date=September 1, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nanjarian, John}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:American surgeons]] [[Category:Scientists from Oakland, California]] [[Category:Scientists from Minneapolis]] {{US-bio-stub}}