the maverick who pioneered the open heart surgery (Times Books) External links The C. Walton and Richard C. Lillehei Surgical Society Lillehei Heart Institute (University of Minnesota) C. Walton Lillehei Resident Forum (American Association for Thoracic Surgery) C. Walton Lillehei Young Investigator's Award (European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery) C. Walton Lillehei portrait C. Walton Lillehei in MNopedia, the Minnesota Encyclopedia 1955 Albert LaskerClinical Medical Research Award for Advances in Cardiac Surgery American thoracic surgeons 1918 births 1999 deaths University of Minnesota Medical School alumni People from Minneapolis American people of Norwegian descent Physicians from Minnesota 20th-century surgeons