Arthur DeBoer

Arthur DeBoer M.D, FACS, is an American cardiologist and Professor Emeritus specializing in cardiac surgery at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. [ [http://www.surgery.northwestern.edu/content/ShowMemberPage.asp?typ=faculty&mbr_ik=162 Personal Web Page ] ]

DeBoer is one of the pioneer cardiac surgeons in Chicago and was on staff at [http://www.surgery.northwestern.edu/content/generic_text_only_nobr.asp?link_ik=93 Wesley Memorial Hospital] later (called Northwestern University Hospital). DeBoer was the hospital's first chief of cardiothoracic surgery, and performed the first open heart operation at Wesley Memorial Hospital in 1958. He was also a pioneer in research on congenital heart defects.

The cardiovascular programs at Wesley and Passavant Hospitals were integrated in 1970 with the merger of the two institutions.

DeBoer is a member of Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society and the International Society for Vascular Specialists.

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