Mary Patricia Shepherd
Mary Patricia Shepherd (4 July 1933 – 20 October 2003) was a British thoracic surgeon who worked at Harefield Hospital in London. She is known for her research on plombage, Membrane oxygenator, membrane oxygenation, and Diaphragm (anatomy), diaphragmatic grafts. Biography Mary Shepherd was born on 4 July 1933 in Forest Hill, London, Forest Hill, London. Her father was George Raymond Shepherd, an engineer, and her mother was Florence May Savile, who came from a medical family. The family spent a year in Maryland when George took up an American work assignment. Mary was awarded a scholarship to James Allen's Girls' School in 1946 and graduated from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in 1957 after winning several prizes in surgery. After qualifying, she continued to work at the Royal Free Hospital as a house surgeon and a surgical registrar. In 1963, Shepherd became a registrar at Harefield Hospital, where she would remain for the rest of her career as a consultant in thorac ...
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Thoracic Surgeon
Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of organs inside the thoracic cavity — generally treatment of conditions of the heart (heart disease), lungs (lung disease), and other pleural or mediastinal structures. In most countries, cardiothoracic surgery is further subspecialized into cardiac surgery (involving the heart and the great vessels) and thoracic surgery (involving the lungs, esophagus, thymus, etc.); the exceptions are the United States, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and some European Union countries such as Portugal. Training A cardiac surgery residency typically comprises anywhere from four to six years (or longer) of training to become a fully qualified surgeon. Cardiac surgery training may be combined with thoracic surgery and / or vascular surgery and called cardiovascular (CV) / cardiothoracic (CT) / cardiovascular thoracic (CVT) surgery. Cardiac surgeons may enter a cardiac surgery residency directly from med ...
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