John Callaghan 5116948 181422793 2008-01-01T18:53:50Z Dreamafter 4065623 Fixing using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] '''John Carter Callaghan''' ([[1923]]&ndash;[[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]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Callaghan, John}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2004 deaths]] [[Category:Canadian surgeons]] [[Category:Canadian physicians]] [[Category:People from Hamilton, Ontario]] [[Category:Members of the Alberta Order of Excellence]] [[Category:Officers of the Order of Canada]] [[Category:University of Toronto alumni]] {{Canada-med-bio-stub}}