About Donald Longmore
Lived 1928 – 2023 (aged 95). Donald Longmore was a British surgeon, physician, cardiac surgeon, physiologist, radiologist and university teacher.
Donald Bernard Longmore, OBE, FRCSEd, FRCR (9 June 1928 – 31 October 2023) was a British consultant surgeon and clinical physiologist. He was one of the team who performed the first heart transplant in the United Kingdom.
Biography Donald Bernard Longmore was born on 20 February 1928. He was a Consultant Surgeon and Clinical Physiologist at the National Heart Hospital from 1963 to 1980. On 3 May 1968, together with Donald Ross and Keith Ross, he performed the first heart transplant in the United Kingdom, which was also only the eleventh in the world. Imperial College named their "CORDA Donald Longmore PhD Fellowship" to honour Longmore. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCSEd) and a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR).
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Who was Donald Longmore?
British heart surgeon (1928–2023)
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Donald Longmore was born on 20 February 1928 in Birchington-on-Sea.
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Donald Longmore died on 31 October 2023.
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Donald Longmore was a surgeon, physician, cardiac surgeon, physiologist, radiologist and university teacher.
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Donald Longmore was British.
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