Alain Carpentier

French surgeon

Alain Frédéric Carpentier (born 11 August 1933) is a French cardiac surgeon whom the President of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery calls the "father of modern mitral valve repair". He is most well-known for the development and popularization of a number of mitral valve repair techniques.²

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Born Aug 11, 1933.¹

About

In 1996, he performed the first minimally invasive mitral valve repair in the world and in 1998 he performed the first robotic mitral valve repair with the da Vinci Surgical System prototype. He is the recipient of the 2007 Lasker Prize.

From Wikipedia’s article on Alain Carpentier, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

CARMATFounder¹⁵
French Academy of SciencesChair 2011 to 2012¹⁶

Career

Occupation: university teacher, cardiac surgeon, cardiologist, physician, surgeon.⁹

2011 to 2012President of the French Academy of Sciences^{6 7}
2011 to 2012Chair, French Academy of Sciences⁸
Date not recordedWorked at University of Paris³
Date not recordedWorked at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai³
Date not recordedWorked at Broussais hospital³
Date not recordedWorked at Pierre and Marie Curie University³
Date not recordedFounded CARMAT⁴
Date not recordedBoard member, Fondation Singer-Polignac⁵

Personal life

BornAug 11, 1933, Toulouse¹⁰
CitizenshipFrance¹¹

Awards

2021Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit¹²
2014Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour¹²
2013French Excellence Award¹²
2011Warren Alpert Foundation Prize¹²
2007Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award^{12 14}
1996Prix mondial Cino Del Duca^{12 13}
1989Montyon Prize¹²
Date not recordedCommander of the National Order of the Cedar¹²

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WikidataAlain Carpentier: Board member, Fondation Singer-Polignac, on Wikidata
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WikidataAlain Carpentier: President of the French Academy of Sciences, on Wikidata
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WikidataAlain Carpentier: Chair, French Academy of Sciences, on Wikidata
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