William Ganz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William Ganz

American cardiologist

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1919

Place of Birth: Košice, Košice Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 11-Nov-2009

Profession: cardiologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


Show Famous Birthdays Today, United States

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About William Ganz

  • William Ganz (January 7, 1919 - November 11, 2009) was a Slovak-born American cardiologist who co-invented the pulmonary artery catheter, often referred to as the Swan-Ganz catheter, with Jeremy Swan in 1970.
  • The catheter is used to monitor heart conditions, especially in intensive care units.
  • Ganz was also one of the first cardiologists to use enzymes to open clogged arteries, which can lead to heart attacks.Ganz was born in Kosice, located in modern-day Slovakia, in 1919.
  • He enrolled at the Charles University School of Medicine in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1938.
  • The school was closed in 1940 following the start of Nazi Germany's occupation Czechoslovakia.
  • Ganz, who was Jewish, was sent to a Nazi labor camp in Hungary during World War II.
  • He was scheduled to be sent to Auschwitz in 1944, but escaped and went into hiding.
  • After World War II, Ganz graduated from Charles University in 1947 at the top of his class.Ganz worked in Czechoslovakia, which was under Communist rule at the time.
  • In 1966, Ganz was permitted to take his wife, Magda, and the couple's two sons on a vacation to Italy.
  • Instead, the family went to Vienna, Austria, where they applied for a visa to the United States.
  • He had relatives in Los Angeles, which allowed the family to move to the United States.
  • Ganz gained a position at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he remained for the rest of his career.Ganz and Dr.
  • Jeremy Swan first developed the idea for the pulmonary artery catheter in 1970.
  • A balloon is placed at the end of a flexible catheter, which is inserted into the pulmonary artery.
  • Additionally, Ganz had a role in the development of thrombolysis, in which enzymes break down blood clots.Ganz died of natural causes on November 11, 2009, at the age of 90.
  • He was survived by his sons, Dr.
  • Peter Ganz, a cardiologist at UCSF, and Dr.
  • Tomas Ganz, a pulmonologist at UCLA.
  • His wife, Magda Ganz, died in 2005.

Read more at Wikipedia

See Also