Frank Leven Albert Gerbode was interviewed by the Regional Oral History Office to document his professional career as a pioneer of cardiovascular surgery and to record other aspects of his many-sided life. Highlights of the medical and surgical portions of the interviews include his contributions and those of his surgical colleagues to the explosive growth of cardiovascular surgery after World War 11, his development with M.L. Bramson of a membrane heart-lung machine, his formation and leadership of the first open heart surgery team on the West Coast, his collaboration with John J. Osborn in the organization of a computerized monitoring system for postoperative patient care, and his prominent role in the foundation of the Institutes of Medical Sciences (now the Medical Research Institute) at Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco.
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Frank Gerbode: Pioneer Cardiovascular Surgeon
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Gerbode, Frank. "Frank Gerbode: Pioneer Cardiovascular Surgeon." Interview by Sally Smith Hughes in 1983 and 1984. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1985. Interview date(s) 1983
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