Dr. Lawrence H. Cohn
Lawrence H. Cohn, MD, FCCP, a past president of the American College of Chest Physicians (1986-1987), pioneering cardiac surgeon and devoted educator, former chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the Virginia and James Hubbard Chair in Cardiac Surgery at Harvard Medical School, died Jan. 9, 2016. An internationally renowned surgeon, he was a pioneer in minimally invasive procedures to fix heart valves.
He aso performed more than 11,000 cardiac surgeries, including being part of the team for New England’s first heart transplant, which took place at the Brigham hospital. Dr. Cohn published more than 500 peer-reviewed publications, 105 book chapters, and 12 books, including four editions of “Cardiac Surgery in the Adult.” CHEST extends its heartfelt condolences to the entire Cohn family.