John Michael Criley, MD, FACC, MACP, (born 1931) is Professor Emeritus at the

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at University of California, Los Angeles (

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Biography

He has made a number of pioneering contributions to the field of cardiology and medical education of the physical examination. He was also instrumental in the development of the Los Angeles County Fire Department's

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program in 1969."County of Los Angeles Fire Museum Presents 'Pioneers of Paramedicine(TM)' Lifetime Achievement Award" - MarketWatch
/ref> He is an authority on cardiac hemodynamics, cardiac auscultation, cardiac catheterization, and valvar heart disease. He served for 25 years as Division Chief at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California. In addition, he is also credited with the term

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, after demonstrating to Dr. Barlow that it was not aneurysm of the mitral leaflet but rather displacement of the leaflet that led to the condition.

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