St. Vincent’s
1985-1989
Guangzhou Pacific Biomedical Products Limited China Operations in Guangdong Province, June 1986
(Scroll to bottom and learn fate of the St. Vincent’s Mechanical Heart Valve and the Chang Heart Assist Device)
From L: Heart surgeon/business partner Dr. Luo Zheng-Xiang of Guangdong CV Inst, Dick Martin of Pacific Biomedical Enterprises Ltd Singapore, Dr. Victor Chang, St. Vincent’s Hosp Sydney, Dr. Zhu KK, GPB administrator, myself & Dr. Chang's father, Aubrey, early 1987. (Not pictured Brij Gupta PBE Singapore founder). Garden Hotel, Guangzhou, PRC.
Pictured with me from left: Brij Gupta, Dr. Victor Chang, Howard Anderson of investment group, Dr. C.N. Lee, Medical Advisor & Dick Martin in Singapore early 1987.
China Partner, Guangzhou Pacific Biomedical factory under construction for making the porcine heart valve in Guangdong Province's Special Economic Zone, late 1986.
Telegram sent to Pacific Biomedical Staff in Singapore after first Implant of a St. Vincent's Heart Valve, February 1988.
Drs. K.R. Shetty, K.M. Cherian & Victor Chang at first implant of the St. Vincent's GDII Porcine Heart Valve at Vijaya Hospital, Chennai, India 1988.
Christmas Party at Pacific Biomedical facility in Singapore Science Park, 1988...
Happy times in Singapore with Mrs. Ann Chang, Dr. Victor Chang and my wife Jackie circa 1987.
Current Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong on far left with Taiwan President Lee Teng Hui, second from right, touring Pacific Biomedical facility, 1987...
Enjoying a meal with Dr. Naresh Trehan after opening of Escorts Heart Institute & Research Center in New Delhi, India in 1989.
Kasturba Medical College, India ICU in the early days of cardiac surgery, circa 1987.
Recent News: The passing of Australian cardiac surgeon, Dr. David Charles Johnson (11/3/38 - 2/16/22) of Westmead Hospital, pictured at Taipei conference circa 1989...
Enjoying dinner after calling on Aussie Heart Surgeons in Sydney in 1981 w/ Jenny Alder, of BioSpectrum, Shiley's dealer and Larry Wettlaufer, the company's marketing director.
Drs. Luo Zheng-xiang and Victor Chang after implanting a Guangzhou Pacific Biomedical heart valve in China, circa 1989.
Dr. Gerry Buckberg greeting fellow speakers Dr. Victor Chang of Sydney & Prof. Chu Shu-Hsun of Taipei at the 1989 ATCVSA Meeting in Taiwan.
Conducting a tour of the Pacific Biomedical heart valve facility in Singapore with Dr. Jerry Rainer of Denver, CO, circa 1988.
Australian Heart Surgery pioneer Mark Shanahan (1932-2008) in his St. Vincent's Hospital office in Sydney, circa 1986...
Dr. Norman Shumway of Stanford presides at a presentation on Heart Transplants in Taipei at 9th Asian Congress on Thoracic & CV Surgery. Dr. Romeo Zamora of The Philippines and a founding member of the Association share a light moment on the dais.
Drs. Walt Lillehei, Hafil Abdulgani and Aldo Castañeda at the 9th Biennial ACTCVS meeting in Taipei, November 1989. Thanks to Dr. Hafil for sharing this look back.
Mr. Donald Ross conducts valve repair demo in Singapore w/ Drs. Y.C. Lim, Y.S. Tan, S. Cumaraswamy, J. Wong & J. Sheares watching circa 1985.
On my left, Brij Gupta, New South Wales Premier Neville Wran and lead investor, Howard Anderson, discussing St. Vincent's valve project, Sydney, 1986...
Exploring factory sites in Guangdong Province w/ Brij Gupta & Dr. Chang, early 1986...
APEX had it's roots in Hawaii after 8 years (1976-84) with Shiley moving around the world. Our way of thanking colleagues & distributors for helping us succeed.
Friendly competitors from around the Far East (Taipei, Sydney, and Irvine CA) at our APEX annual Hawaiian Asia/Pacific party, held in Kailua. Peter Ord of Australia beat us all in 1985.
From L: Drs. Wu Dar Ching, K.T. Tan, ICU Nurse Lee Lay Eng & Dr. Joe Sheares head of the Sheares Group at CVS conference circa 1990.
Sightseeing w/ wife Jackie in Tiananmen Square, Beijing weeks before protest, 1989...
Dr. Victor Chang reviewing heart transplantation journal in his private office at St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, 1986...
Pacific Biomedical "Brainstorming" session: From L: C.N. Lee, K.S. Goh, F. Tamru, L. Chan, C.G. Foo, Z.X. Luo, N.C. Tan, Singapore 1987.
Visit to Singapore's Pacific Biomedical facility by Dr. Solomon Victor of Chennai, India 1987.
Drs. P. Venugopal, Roger Mee & I.M. Rao at cardiac meeting in India circa 1989...
Local Perfusionist Chin Lay Ghee joins St. Vincent's Anesthetists Don Harrison & Frank Junius with Dr. Victor Chang in Singapore, Circa 1989.
A visit to Surgical ICU, National Cardiac Center, Harapan Kita in Jakarta with Dr. Hafil Abdulgani after implant of a St. Vincent's mechanical heart valve 1989.
Distributor Rajiv Mahajan leaning about the St. Vincent's valves, Singapore, 1987...
Touring St. Vincent's Spiral Vortex VAD testing facility in 1988 w/ Prof. Mitsuo Umezu of Japan, Chief Engineer on the project to design & develop a low-cost device for Australia and the region.
In-vitro testing of the Spiral Vortex VAD designed by Prof. Ye of Shanghai using the St. Vincent's Mechanical Heart Valve in Sydney. See more details below.
Two Indian patients purchasing blood oxygenators to be used for their surgeries at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi circa 1981. Surgical & Hospital costs were to be covered by the govt.
