Victor Chang
by Miroslava Jurcik
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Victor Chang
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Miroslava Jurcik
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Doctor Peter Chang, AC (born Chang Yam Him; 21 November 1936 – 4 July 1991), was a Chinese-Australian cardiac surgeon and a pioneer of modern heart transplantation. Born in Shanghai to Australian-born Chinese parents, he grew up in Hong Kong before moving to Australia.
This pic is of his wax figure from Madame Tussauds wax museum.
Dr Victor Chang was one of Australia’s most gifted heart surgeons, a pioneer of modern heart transplant surgery and a humanitarian.
A national hero, Victor Chang was hailed as “the most prominent doctor in the southern hemisphere”, and his revolutionary work in the field of heart transplantation had implications for cardiac patients, not only in Australia and Southeast Asia around the globe.
Dr Chang personally saved hundreds of lives. In 1984 he led a team of surgeons who successfully performed a heart transplant on school girl, Fiona Coote. At the age of 14, Fiona defied all odds to become Australia’s youngest heart transplant survivor, and some 31 years later remains very well.
In that same year, Dr Chang founded the National Heart Transplant Program at St Vincent’s Hospital, which has since performed thousands of successful transplants.
Dr Chang also played a key role in developing an artificial heart valve and an artificial heart assist device.
In 1986, Dr Chang was awarded our country’s highest honour, a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) and in 2000, was voted Australian of the Century by the people of Australia.
Victor Chang died in tragic circumstances in Sydney on 4 July 1991. 2 men demanded money from him and when he refuse they shot him. He is remembered as a quiet, charming man, much loved by his patients and friends, his wife Ann and his children Vanessa, Matthew and Marcus.
The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute is dedicated to his memory.
https://www.victorchang.edu.au/about-us/victor-chang
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