• Father of open-heart surgery.

• Introduced the concept and technique of hypothermia for open heart surgery.

• Co-developed the first electronic cardiac pacemaker for clinical use in 1950.

• Influential in developing the first formal cardiac surgery training programme in Canada in 1956.

• Authored over 120 publications on his hypothermia for open-heart surgery and pacemaker research.

• Received the Gairdner Award for Medical Science in 1959.

• Received the Honorary Doctor of Sciences, Brandon University 1967

• Made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1981.

• Inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame in 1997.

• M.D. University of Toronto, 1938

Inducted October 24, 2009