specialty birth_place other_names profession work_institutions birth_date known_for article_title education name
cardiovascular surgery stephenville , tx bud frazier surgeon , mechanical assist device including total artificial heart . , specialty : cardiovascular surgery , heart transplantation st. health science center at houston luke 's episcopal hospital the university of texas 1940 performed human implantation of the heartmate ii pump , first human more implantation of the jarvik 2000 , first successful human implantation than of a continuous flow total artificial heart -lrb- tah -rrb- 1,300 . heart transplants , first u.s. o. h. frazier
 b.a. austin in 1963 ; m.d. from baylor college of medicine in in 1967 history from the university of texas at oscar howard frazier jr. .
o. h. frazier

o.h. `` bud '' frazier , m.d. is chief of cardiopulmonary transplantation , program director and chief of the center for cardiac support , and director of cardiovascular surgery research at the texas heart institute .
he is chief of the transplant service at baylor st. luke 's medical center -lrb- part of the catholic health initiatives system -rrb- in houston .
