This story comes from the Portland Business Journal, a KGW news partner. Dr. Albert Starr, a world-renowned cardiovascular surgeon who co-invented and implanted the first artificial heart valve at ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — OHSU is mourning the loss of a legend in cardiovascular medicine. Dr. Albert Starr, who was best known as a cardiovascular surgeon who co-invented and implanted the world ...

It was well known that Dr. Albert Starr was one of the world’s top few cardiovascular surgeons, (“Dr. Albert Starr, Oregon co-inventor of the first successful artificial heart valve, dies at ...

A physician, teacher and innovator, Starr co-invented and implanted the world’s first artificial heart valve at OHSU in 1960, at the time the school was called the University of Oregon Medical ...

Dr. Albert Starr upon the 30th anniversary of Oregon Health & Science University's first heart transplant. He died Dec. 11 at 98.Kristyna Wentz-Graff/The Oregonian Dr. Albert Starr, the Oregon ...

Dr. Albert Starr coinvented and implanted the first successful artificial heart valve in 1960. He is currently director of academic affairs and bioscience development at Providence Health System ...