Name Arnold Johnson | Role Physician | |
Arnold Johnson, M.D., C.M., FRCPC, (1916 – October 19, 2006) was a Canadian cardiologist and founder of the Department of Cardiology at McMaster University. He is most well known for performing the first heart catheterization procedure for congenital heart disease in Canada in 1946.
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Education
Arnold Johnson studied medicine at McGill University and served as a medical officer in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. In 1945, he completed a post-graduate fellowship at Harvard University with Paul Dudley White.
Career
Upon returning, he performed the first heart catheterization procedure at Montreal Children's Hospital in 1946. In 1947, he was appointed Director of Cardiology at the Royal Victoria Hospital. He pioneered the first heart pacemaker and also developed the first comprehensive CPR program. In 1971, he completed a fellowship at Laval University and University of North Carolina in clinical epidemiology. In 1974, he moved to McMaster University, helping found the Department of Cardiology there.