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Michael L. Hess
Michael
L. Hess
is a retired professor of
medicine
,
division
of
cardiology
,
Medical College of Virginia
, who was key in founding the
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
in 1981, and then served as its first president. He has
published
more than
two hundred
research papers
,
directing
his
attention
to the
increasing
prevalence
of
heart failure
and the
development
of
mechanical assist pumps
.