Dr. Albert Starr, who was best known as a cardiovascular surgeon who co-invented and implanted the world’s first artificial heart valve, passed away on Dec. 11 at age 98, OHSU announced Friday.

Dr. Albert Starr, a world-renowned cardiovascular surgeon who co-invented and implanted the first artificial heart valve at OHSU in 1960, died last week at the age of 98.

Dr. Albert Starr, the Oregon surgeon who co-invented the first successful artificial heart valve, died Dec. 11 at 98.His work marked a turning point in cardiovascular medicine, with the ...

Albert Starr, beloved husband of the late Sarah; cherished son of the late Grace and Nathan Starr; devoted father of Ira (Lucy) and the late Gloria L. Starr ...

On a spring day in 1958, Lowell Edwards paid a visit to Dr. Albert Starr, a young cardiac surgeon recruited to run the new open heart surgery program at the University of Oregon Medical School ...

Cardiac medicine has made tremendous strides since the 1950s, when surgeons placed the first experimental artificial valves in the human heart. One of the pioneers in that field is Dr. Albert ...

PORTLAND-- Dr. Albert Starr will be awarded the 2015 Grand Prix Scientifique by the Institut de France at a ceremony June 3 in Paris. Starr won the award, a prestigious international prize in ...

In this photo taken on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, Glenn Baker and his wife Carol discuss Dr. Albert Starr and the heart valve he implanted in to Baker in 1965, in Vancouver, Wash. Baker is the oldest ...

Dr. Albert Starr, who was best known as a cardiovascular surgeon who co-invented and implanted the world’s first artificial heart valve, passed away on Dec. 11 at age 98, OHSU announced Friday.

Dr. Albert Starr, a renowned cardiovascular surgeon, died Dec. 11 in Portland. He was 98. Starr co-invented and implanted the world’s first artificial heart valve at OHSU in 1960.