Denton Cooley signed Medical Assoc. FDC Surgeon 1st Implant of Artificial Heart

Description

1947 first day cover issued for the "!00th Anniversary of the American Heart Association," personally autographed and date by renowned heart surgeon Denton Cooley. A COA from Hudson Valley Autographs accompanies this item.
Denton Cooley
(August 22, 1920 – November 18, 2016) was an American heart and cardiothoracic
surgeon
famous for performing the first implantation of a total
artificial heart
. Cooley was also the founder and surgeon in-chief of
The Texas Heart Institute
, chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at clinical partner
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
, consultant in Cardiovascular Surgery at
Texas Children's Hospital
and a clinical professor of Surgery at the
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
.