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Maya Ignaszewski, MD
Exercise physiologist Martti Karvonen is remembered today as a founding father of cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention in Finland. He was born in 1918 and received his medical degree from the University of... Read More
Revered in Canada as the father of biomedical engineering, John Hopps made many contributions to the field of medicine. He is perhaps best known for the invention that keeps hundreds of thousands of hearts beating... Read More
Deming—the father of quality improvement William Edwards Deming was an engineer, mathematician, physicist, statistician, author, professor, and consultant who is perhaps best known for his work in quality improvement (... Read More
Dr Robert Arthur Bruce was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, on 20 November 1916. He graduated from Boston University with a bachelor of science degree and went on to finish his medical studies at the University of... Read More
Norman Jefferis “Jeff” Holter was a pioneer in the field of ambulatory electrocardiography, and the inventor of the portable cardiac telemetry device that bears his name and is used worldwide to this day. He famously... Read More
Janusz Korczak was a pediatrician, author, and philanthropist who was a champion for human rights and especially for the amelioration of the living conditions of impoverished children. He devoted his entire life to... Read More