The honorable Bertrand Delanoe, Mayor of Paris, and French Minister of Health, Mrs. Roselyne Bachelot, a respected ambassador in the medical community, will each provide a welcome address during the same Opening Session.
"Dr. Cabrol is a pioneer who paved the way for many surgeons in transplantation around the world. His accomplishments take a significant place in history, not only for the ISHLT, but within the worldwide medical community," said Randall C Starling, MD, MPH, Cleveland, OH and Program Chair for the ISHLT's 29th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions this year. "It is truly an honor that ISHLT is able to recognize one of our own past presidents as a Pioneer Lecturer at our Annual Meeting, and how fitting that the meeting is being held in Cabrol's home country."
About Christian Cabrol, M.D.:
Dr. Cabrol performed the first heart transplant in Europe in April 1968, the first heart-lung transplant in Europe in March 1982, and the first implant of a total artificial heart in France in 1986. He began his career as a Surgeon of Parisian Hospitals. His experience includes serving as Chief of Cardiovascular Surgical Department at Hospital de la Pitié. Dr. Cabrol served the last twenty years of his professional career as the scientific director of Paris Assistance Public Surgery School.
Dr. Cabrol served as the president of ISHLT for the 1991-92 term, during the last ISHLT Annual Meeting in Paris. Currently, Dr. Cabrol is an honorary professor of cardiovascular surgery, and he also sits on the Council of the City of Paris.
About ISHLT:
The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) is a not-for-profit organization with more than 2,700 members from over 45 countries dedicated to the advancement of the science and treatment of end-stage heart and lung diseases. For more information, visit www.ishlt.org.
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