E. Magnus Ohman, MD: Hello. I'm Magnus Ohman. Welcome to another edition of Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists. I'm very honored to have with us today Dr Robert Guyton, who is professor of surgery and former chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Emory. He was very instrumental in developing guidelines for revascularization a number of years ago that really shaped how we practice medicine. Welcome to the program.
Robert A. Guyton, MD: Thank you very much, Magnus.
A Father Like No Other
Ohman: Depending on your persuasion, your family is either the Bushes or the Kennedys of medicine, in the sense that your father wrote a very famous textbook, Textbook on Medical Physiology, or "Guyton's," that I read when I was a medical student—even in another part of the world.
My parents raised us on a little sibling rivalry. There are 10 of us, all in medicine. I'm not sure that more than two or three of us can live in the same state.
Obviously, you grew up in a family with a lot of medical background. Where exactly did you grow up?
Guyton:I grew up in Mississippi. My father was a surgical resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital and contracted polio in 1946.
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Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists: Robert Guyton
Interviewer: E. Magnus Ohman, MD; Interviewee: Robert A. Guyton, MD
DisclosuresApril 19, 2018
E. Magnus Ohman, MD: Hello. I'm Magnus Ohman. Welcome to another edition of Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists. I'm very honored to have with us today Dr Robert Guyton, who is professor of surgery and former chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Emory. He was very instrumental in developing guidelines for revascularization a number of years ago that really shaped how we practice medicine. Welcome to the program.
Robert A. Guyton, MD: Thank you very much, Magnus.
A Father Like No Other
Ohman: Depending on your persuasion, your family is either the Bushes or the Kennedys of medicine, in the sense that your father wrote a very famous textbook, Textbook on Medical Physiology, or "Guyton's," that I read when I was a medical student—even in another part of the world.
Obviously, you grew up in a family with a lot of medical background. Where exactly did you grow up?
Guyton:I grew up in Mississippi. My father was a surgical resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital and contracted polio in 1946.
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Interviewer
E. Magnus Ohman, MD
Program for Advanced Coronary Disease; Associate Director, Duke Heart Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Disclosure: E. Magnus Ohman, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Serve(d) as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant, or trustee for: ABIOMED; Biotie Therapies; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Chiesi; Faculty Connection, LLC; Medscape
Received research grant from: Gilead Sciences Inc. (partially supports university salary and has research grant or contract with the Duke Clinical Research Institute)
Received income in an amount equal to or greater than $250 from: ABIOMED; Biotie Therapies; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Chiesi; Faculty Connection, LLC; Medscape
Interviewee
Robert A. Guyton, MD
Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Disclosure: Robert A. Guyton, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Serve(d) as a director for: American College of Cardiology
Serve(d) as National Surgical PI for: Edwards Lifesciences (TMVR trial)