Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Plates vii
4. Preface ix
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Introduction 1
7. PART ONE Getting Going
8. Chapter One Gordon Murray 7
9. Chapter Two Uncle Bill 33
10. Chapter Three “Bigelow’s Boys” 42
11. Chapter Four Hypothermia Discovered 60
12. Chapter Five The First Operations 64
13. Chapter Six Homes 85
14. Chapter Seven The Pacemaker 99
15. PART TWO Full Speed Ahead
16. Chapter Eight Bypass 117
17. Chapter Nine Moving On 131
18. Chapter Ten The Pacemaker Clinic 150
19. Chapter Eleven Ron Baird 157
20. Chapter Twelve The Damaged Heart 174
21. Chapter Thirteen Valves 181
22. Chapter Fourteen Training 191
23. Chapter Fifteen Research 201
24. PART THREE The Team
25. Chapter Sixteen Cardiologists 207
26. Chapter Seventeen Nurses 220
27. Chapter Eighteen Perfusionists 232
28. Chapter Nineteen Anesthetists 239
29. PART FOUR Today
30. Chapter Twenty Tirone David 245
31. Chapter Twenty-One Vivek Rao 263
32. Chapter Twenty-Two The Peter Munk Cardiac Centre 273
33. Chapter Twenty-Three The Next Gen 300
34. Chapter Twenty-Four Conclusion 307
35. Appendix I: The Local, Regional, National, and International Impact of Residents and Fellows Who Trained and Studied at the Toronto General Hospital 317
36. Appendix II: TGH Cardiac Surgeons Who Have Been Honoured by Awards and Elective Leadership Positions for Their Outstanding Contributions to Heart and Healthcare 319
37. Appendix III: Leadership Other than Awards 325
38. Notes 327
39. Index 381