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UT alumnus honored for invention that revolutionized coronary artery disease treatment
Dr. John Simpson, GSBS Distinguished Alumnus for 2009-2010, and Dr. George Stancel, Dean, look at Dr. Simpson’s bound thesis that resides in the GSBS Library in the Mitchell Basic Science Research Building.
Dr. John Simpson, GSBS Distinguished Alumnus for 2009-2010, stands with Dr. Eugenie Kleinerman, GSBS Alumna and Faculty member, and Mrs. Lynn Simpson at the Alumni Reunion in October 2009.
Back row: Dr. Keith Chan, Lalla Goka, Uday and Suneeta Mahagaokar Front row: Nancy Matney.
Dr. Melton Marshall stands with Dr. Jackie Peltier Horn and Mrs. Marty Marshall.
Dr. Gary Horn stands with Filicia and Alina Nica.
GSBS Dean Dr. George Stancel stands with Dr. John Simpson, GSBS Distinguished Alumnus for 2009-2010, and Dr. Vicky Estrera, 2009 GSBS Alumni Association President.
Drs. Gretchen and Paul Darlington
GSBS Alumni Dr. David Smith stands with Daisy and Beng Ho.
HOUSTON - (Oct. 28, 2009) - Back in the 1970s, while watching an angioplasty to widen clogged coronary arteries, John Simpson, Ph.D., M.D., thought there had to be an easier way to perform the procedure.
There was, and Simpson, who trained at The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston (GSBS), invented the medical device to do it. It was the first of a series of inventions by the cardiologist that have helped many with coronary artery disease.