Lyle Joyce, M.D., Ph. D.

Cardiac Surgeon (Retired)

  • Former Chief of Cardiac Surgery at the Mayo Clinic

  • Former Cardiac Surgeon at University of Minnesota, the Minneapolis Heart Institute, and Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

  • Co-surgeon on first permanent implant of the Jarvik 7 total artificial heart

  • First to implant a total artificial heart in a woman and a child