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Heart surgery pioneer in New England
- Austen was a heart surgery pioneer in New England and served as president of the American Heart Association. He was chairman of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the namesake of the Austen BioInnovation Institute as well as an endowed chair in polymer science and engineering at the University of Akron.
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Oct 1, 2022 · W. Gerald Austen, MD, FACS, ACS Past-President and a giant in cardiac surgery, died September 11 at the age of 92. Dr. Austen passed away surrounded by family at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, where he played a key role in growing the institution to a world-class medical establishment and revolutionizing cardiac care.
Sep 11, 2022 · A giant in the field of heart surgery, an extraordinary leader in academic medicine, and an inspiring teacher and guide, William Gerald “Jerry” Austen, MD, died Sept. 11, at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), surrounded by his devoted family in the place he had worked, shaped and nurtured for nearly seven decades. He was 92.
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Sep 13, 2022 · At age 53, and well into his 29-year tenure as chief of surgical services at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. W. Gerald Austen took a moment to aim his diagnostic eye at himself.
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Jun 8, 2023 · Dr. Austen passed away at Mass General — his second home — at the age of 92 on Sunday, September 11, 2022, due to complications from metastatic melanoma. Even during his final moments, his sense of humor radiated, jokingly telling family that he thought it was “finally time to retire.”
1930-2022. President of The American Surgical Society in 1985, a pioneer of heart surgery, leader in academic medicine, and an inspiring teacher and mentor, William Gerald “Jerry” Austen, M.D., died Sept. 11, 2022 at The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the place he had worked, shaped and nurtured for nearly seven decades. He was 92.
Oct 19, 2022 · An accomplished technical surgeon, he was the first to report successful mitral valve replacement for an acutely ruptured papillary muscle after myocardial infarction.
Sep 13, 2022 · Dr. W. Gerald Austen, a renowned cardiac and thoracic surgeon from Akron, has died in Boston at age 92. Austen was a heart surgery pioneer in New England and served as president of the American Heart Association.
