Frank_Gerbode_(surgeon)
Frank Gerbode (surgeon)
American cardiovascular surgeon (1907–1984)
Frank Leven Albert Gerbode, popularly known as Frank Gerbode, (February 3, 1907 – December 6, 1984) was an American cardiovascular surgeon[1] and founder of the Medical Research Institute and the Heart Research Institute at Pacific Medical Center.[2] He performed the first open heart surgery west of the Mississippi in 1954.[3]