[DOC] [TLE] Heart Surgeon Defends Unauthorized Implant: `Greater Law Than ... [PAR] Mar 8, 1985 ... Saying there is ``a greater law than the FDA,`` a surgeon in Tucson Thursday 
defended the unauthorized implantation of an artificial heart that kept a patient 
alive for ... The patient, 32-year-old Thomas Creighton, was said to be in critical 
condition with several complications, including fluid in his lungs and... [DOC] [TLE] DEVRIES WON'T LET FDA RULING KEEP HIM FROM JARVIK HEART [PAR] Jan 15, 1990 ... The first surgeon to implant the Jarvik artificial heart says he might use it ... 
DeVries was the only surgeon in the United States authorized by the... [DOC] [TLE] William C. Devries facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] William DeVries (born 1943) performed the first artificial heart transplant on a ... 
was the only surgeon authorized by the federal Food and Drug Administration (
FDA) ... first year in medical school at the University of Utah College of Medicine, 
he ... DeVries's second patient who suffered several strokes following 
implantation. [DOC] [TLE] Recipient of Stopgap Artificial Heart Dies : He Had Received 2nd ... [PAR] Mar 9, 1985 ... The artificial heart had been implanted in the 33-year-old auto ... the FDA, and 
DeVries is the only surgeon authorized by the FDA to implant it. [DOC] [TLE] 101549030 - NLM Catalog Result - NCBI [PAR] He was the recipient of several research awards from the North Carolina Heart ... 
professor of surgery and a member of Kolff's team; the following year he ... the 
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implant the Jarvik-7 in a human patient. ... 
only surgeon in the world authorized to implant a total artificial heart (TAH) as a... [DOC] [TLE] Thirty Years Ago, an Artificial Heart Helped Save a Grocery Store ... [PAR] Aug 26, 2015 ... Having just begun working at the Smithsonian Institution in the fall of 1987, she ... 
Nearly 15 years later, surgeon William DeVries implanted a Jarvik 7 ... was 
history's first authorized, successful transplant of an artificial heart as a ... of the 
most fascinating stories in all of medicine, he says, admitting a bias. [DOC] [TLE] Artificial heart - Wikipedia [PAR] An artificial heart is a device that replaces the heart. Artificial hearts are typically 
used to bridge ... In Dodrill's post-operative report, he notes, "To our knowledge, 
this is the first ... On December 2, 1982, Kolff implanted the Jarvik 7 artificial heart 
into Barney Clark, .... Presented devices are designed to handle only one patient. [DOC] [TLE] Artificial Hearts, Real Questions Quality of Life, Cost Of Program ... [PAR] Feb 12, 1986 ... Artificial hearts have been implanted in 12 Americans and one Swede in the ... 
DeVries remains the only heart surgeon authorized by FDA to implant a 
permanent ... patients a year eventually would be eligible for the artificial heart, 
the ... At the close of the hearing, he said that to abandon the artificial heart... [DOC] [TLE] Jarvik-7 May Come To Shands Hospital At Uf Asks To Use Artificial ... [PAR] Aug 28, 1986 ... Shands would become the only hospital in the state using the device. ... Center, 
expects it would use the artificial heart about four times the first year. ... Ky., is the 
only surgeon authorized by the FDA to use the heart as a permanent device. He 
has been given permission to perform seven implants and has... [DOC] [TLE] With Latest Death, Criticism Of Artificial-heart Program - philly-archives [PAR] Aug 8, 1986 ... "If the artificial heart is ever to achieve its objective, it must be ... quest for the 
permanent artificial heart will drop by the wayside for years, at least ... chairs the 
FDA panel that reviews the artificial-heart program, said he, too, ... is the only 
surgeon in the country authorized to implant a permanent artificial heart. [DOC] [TLE] utah surgeon moving heart implant program to kentucky [PAR] Aug 1, 1984 ... Dr. William C. DeVries, the only surgeon authorized to implant artificial hearts, 
announced yesterday that, ... He said he would take much

Question: For several years, he was only surgeon authorized by the FDA to implant artificial hearts
Answer: William DeVries