Wilbert Keon
Dr. Wilbert Joseph Keon (born May 17 1935) is a heart surgeon, researcher and Canadian Senator.
In 1986 he was the first Canadian to implant an artificial heart into a human as a bridge to transplant. In the early 1970s, Dr. Keon founded the University of Ottawa Heart Institute at the Ottawa Civic Hospital and acted as its CEO for more than thirty years until his retirement in 2004. He still performs over 300 surgeries annually.
In 1990 he was appointed to the Senate by Brian Mulroney where he sits as a Conservative.
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