Interview with Dr. Harvey W. Bender [1]
In this oral history interview, William Stoney talks with Harvey W. Bender, a past president of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association and the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Bender shares that his path to cardiothoracic surgery was a fortuitous one, as he originally planned to be a veterinarian. Dr. Bender discusses his long career and his collaborations with other pioneering cardiothoracic surgeons.
This interview is part of Dr. William S. Stoney’s History of Cardiac Surgery [3] series, housed within The Annette & Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library [4] at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. It is published on CTSNet with the permission of The Annette & Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library. All rights reserved.