William Imon Norwood
William Imon Norwood jr. also Bill Norwood (21 April 1941–13 December 2020[1][2]) was an American pediatric cardiac surgeon, who is known for the Norwood procedure, a pioneering cardiac operation named after him for children born with Hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Bill Norwood was born in Camden, Arkansas to William and Pearl Norwood. First he studied chemistry and biology at the University of New Mexico and then medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. His postgradute training in cardiothoracic surgery was at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Harvard and a pediatric cardiothoracic fellowship at Boston Children's Medical Center, Harvard University. Later he was appointed chief of cardiothoracic surgery at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania.
He also co-founded and was vice president, president and then CEO of the Aldo Castañeda Institute in Genolier, Switzerland. Nemours Cardiac Center in Wilmington, Delaware was the institution from which he retired after a long and successful career as a heart surgeon.
Bill Norwood was the developer of pioneering heart surgery in infants and newborns for congenital heart defects. The Norwood Procedure is the first of three operations performed to correct the congenital cardiac lesion known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). The procedure is typically done within a few days of life of newborns.[3]
Project HOPE, was extending his charitable help also to countries in Eastern Europe and Bill Norwood started his visits to Poland. In late 1970s he came with other American staff to the Polish-American Institute of Pediatrics in Cracow, Poland. His work and initiative was instrumental in organizing and developing pediatric cardiac surgery in this region of Poland.[4]
Bill Norwood died from COVID-19 infection on the 13 December 2021.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Dr. William I. Norwood: A Tribute
- ^ Dr. William Norwood Jr.1941 - 2020
- ^ "Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia". medlineplus.gov. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ Skalski, Janusz H. (2020-12). "William Imon Norwood, 1941-2020". Kardiochirurgia I Torakochirurgia Polska = Polish Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 17 (4): 214–216. doi:10.5114/kitp.2020.102638. ISSN 1731-5530. PMC 7848620. PMID 33552190. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
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