Hartzell Vernon Schaff, MD, the 93rd president of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), was born in Holdenville, Okla, the middle of 3 children.!
Hartzell Vernon Schaff, MD, the 93rd president of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), was born in Holdenville, Okla, the middle of 3.
Stuart W. Harrington Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 93rd AATS President (2012-2013)
Hartzell Vernon Schaff, MD was born in Holdenville, a small rural town in southeast Oklahoma, to a stern general surgeon father Hartzell V.
Schaff, Sr. and his wife Ruth. A student athlete and scholar, Hartzell went to the University of Oklahoma for his undergraduate studies and then stayed there for medical school where he was valedictorian of his class. Dr.
Schaff then went east to the prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital for his surgical training. There he developed a reputation for being
quiet, hard working, dedicated and excellent both academically and clinically. While at Johns Hopkins, he researched myocardial protection and coauthored with Dr.Timothy Gardner articles on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion and postoperative autotransfusion.
Once his training was completed in 1980, Dr. Schaff was recruited by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN where he rose to be chief who