The Stanford Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery is bittersweet to denote the passing of Randall B. Griepp, MD, who died connected September 8, 2022, astatine the property of 82. Dr. Griepp was a satellite renowned cardiovascular surgeon whose objective and probe contributions precocious the surgical attraction of thoracic aortic aneurysms, aortic dissections, and bosom transplantation. A pioneering surgeon and researcher, Dr. Griepp’s laboratory and objective efforts concerning encephalon and spinal cord extortion led to large advances successful the field.
Dr. Griepp was calved successful Minnesota, raised successful Monterey County, and attended the California Institute of Technology successful Pasadena, Calif. He received his aesculapian grade from the Stanford School of Medicine successful 1967, wherever helium was mentored nether the aegis of bosom transplant pioneer Norman E. Shumway, MD, PhD. Dr. Griepp went connected with Dr. Shumway’s blessing to implicit a aesculapian internship astatine Bellevue Hospital successful New York, wherever helium met his aboriginal wife, Eva Botstein, a New York University aesculapian pupil who subsequently trained successful pediatric cardiology; they became technological collaborators for life.
Early days astatine Stanford
In 1968, Dr. Griepp returned to Stanford for his wide and cardiovascular surgical residency training. It was during this clip that, on with different aboriginal trainee of Shumway's, Edward B. Stinson, MD, helium conducted laboratory and objective probe that led to the palmy worldwide adoption of bosom transplantation. Together, the brace helped to presumption Stanford's bosom transplant squad arsenic a person wrong the transplant assemblage aft the archetypal novelty signifier (punctuated by mediocre results) had waned.
According to Dr. Stinson, Dr. Griepp’s profound involvement successful cardiac country had its opening during his aesculapian schoolhouse years. Immediately upon entering residency, helium integrated himself into the activities of the cardiac country team. His involvement lone intensified with the archetypal cardiac transplant process astatine Stanford successful January 1968, and helium began to prosecute an astir parallel dual residency successful cardiovascular country and wide country - astatine that time, a wholly informal and unsocial arrangement. His endowment and intellect were highly evident, and helium shared large work for the intraoperative and postoperative attraction of transplant patients from precocious 1968 onwards.
Indeed, arsenic a grounds to his accomplishment and dedication, Dr. Griepp, with the assistance of Dr. Stinson, performed his archetypal cardiac transplant process successful January 1970, six months earlier helium would adjacent statesman his ceremonial grooming successful cardiac surgery, which helium completed from 1970 to 1972. During this period, helium besides took implicit large work for the objective transplant programme and functioned arsenic a inferior attending connected the cardiovascular surgical work portion Dr. Stinson was astatine the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Over the 4 years aft his completion of cardiac country residency, Dr. Griepp's somewhat staccato docket continued until helium yet had completed the required wide country residency requirements and joined the cardiovascular country faculty. Thus, successful a way, Dr. Griepp’s communicative presaged the consequent ceremonial translation of the pathway for optimal grooming successful cardiovascular country successful 2006, the alleged “I-6” operation (integrated 6-year residency) with a large accent connected cardiovascular diseases.
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