John Callaghan
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'''John Carter Callaghan''' ([[1923]]–[[2004]]) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[cardiac surgeon]] who "pioneered open-heart surgery in Alberta" <ref name="OC">{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=237|title=Order of Canada citation|accessdate=May 12|accessyear=2006}}</ref>
Born in [[Hamilton, Ontario]], he received his medical degree from the [[University of Toronto]] in 1946. In 1955, he joined the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the [[University of Alberta]] Hospital and performed Canada’s first successful [[open heart surgery]]. <ref name="OpenHeart">{{cite web|url=http://www.medicine100.ab.ca/physicians/100physicians/callaghan.htm|title=Physicians Of The Century|work= 100 Years of Medicine in Alberta|accessdate=May 12|accessyear=2006}}</ref>
In 1985, he was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]]. In 1986, he was inducted into the [[Alberta Order of Excellence]].
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