What is Denton Cooley?
'''Denton Arthur Cooley''' (August 22, 1920 &ndash; November 18, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] heart [[surgery|surgeon]]. He was known for doing the first [[implant (medicine)|implantation]] of a complete [[artificial heart]]. Cooley was also the founder and surgeon in-chief of The Texas Heart Institute, chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, consultant in Cardiovascular Surgery at Texas Children's Hospital, and a clinical professor of Surgery at the University of Texas Medical School at [[Houston]]. He studied [[zoology]] in the [[University of Texas]] and graduated in 1941. He began his medical education at the University of Texas Medical Branch in [[Galveston, Texas|Galveston]]. He completed his medical degree and his surgical training at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], where he also completed his internship. At Johns Hopkins, he worked with Dr. [[Alfred Blalock]] and helped with the first [[Blue-baby syndrome|Blue Baby]] procedure to treat a child's [[congenital heart defect]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Denton Cooley Biography|url=http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/coo0bio-1|work=Academy of Achievement|access-date=March 1, 2013}}</ref> In 1946, Cooley served as chief of surgical services at the station hospital in [[Linz]], [[Austria]] for the [[Medical Corps (United States Army)|Army Medical Corps]]. He was discharged (released) in 1948 with the rank of [[captain (United States)|captain]]. Then, he returned to Johns Hopkins to remain as an instructor in surgery. In 1950, he went to [[London]] to work with Lord [[Russell Brock]]. Cooley died at his home in Houston on November 18, 2016, aged 96. == References == {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooley, Denton}} [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Scientists from Houston]] [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:American physicians]]