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
A heart transplant, or a cardiac transplant, is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with end-stage heart failure when other medical or surgical treatments have failed. , the most common procedure is to take a functioning heart ...
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.
From 1982 to 1993 he worked as Professor of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Director of the Magnetic Resonance Unit, at the Royal Brompton National Heart and Lung Hospital, where he was latterly Emeritus.
Longmore also held management positions in companies delivering magnetic resonance services.
Longmore was made an
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...
(OBE) in the
1999 New Year Honours, "for services to Magnetic Resonance Scanning".
Imperial College
Imperial College London, also known as Imperial, is a public research university in London, England. Its history began with Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who envisioned a cultural district in South Kensington that included museums ...
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).
Donald died at home on 31 October 2023, aged 95.
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1928 births
2023 deaths
Place of birth missing
Place of death missing
20th-century British surgeons
Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Fellows of the Royal College of Radiologists
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
British transplant surgeons
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