{"id":9529,"date":"2026-02-07T12:24:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T09:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=9529"},"modified":"2026-02-07T12:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T09:24:28","slug":"t-fogarty-md-brief-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/t-fogarty-md-brief-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"T. Fogarty, MD \u2014 Brief Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>T. Fogarty, MD \u2014 Brief Legacy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2022 Passed away at the age of 91<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 Pioneering cardiac and vascular surgeon and medical innovator<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 Inventor of the Fogarty balloon embolectomy catheter, which transformed treatment of acute arterial limb ischemia into a minimally invasive surgical procedure, performed via arteriotomy using a catheter, rapidly restoring blood flow and saving limbs<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 Key contributor to tissue heart valve development and to early EVAR technology<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 AneuRx stent graft (FDA-approved 1999) paved the way for modern EVAR = Endovascular Aneurysm Repair<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 EVAR: catheter-based stent grafts exclude the aneurysm from circulation, preventing rupture with lower risk than open surgery<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 Holder of more than 190 medical patents; founder and co-founder of multiple medtech ventures<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 Played a pivotal role in advancing medical simulation, enabling innovation through leadership, mentorship, and support of simulation-based technologies<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Technology and Innovation (2014)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Source: Endovascular Today \u2014 In Memoriam report<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Link:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/evtoday.com\/news\/in-memoriam-medtech-pioneer-dr-thomas-j-fogarty-1934-2025-1\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/evtoday.com\/news\/in-memoriam-medtech-pioneer-dr-thomas-j-fogarty-1934-2025-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1770542520201000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1vsh7rJwyEPfq32j7lFuOb\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/evtoday.com\/news\/in-<wbr \/>memoriam-medtech-pioneer-dr-<wbr \/>thomas-j-fogarty-1934-2025-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T. Fogarty, MD \u2014 Brief Legacy \u2022 Passed away at the age of 91 \u2022 Pioneering cardiac and vascular surgeon and medical innovator \u2022 Inventor of the Fogarty balloon embolectomy catheter, which transformed treatment of acute arterial limb ischemia into a minimally invasive surgical procedure, performed via arteriotomy using a catheter, rapidly restoring blood flow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9530,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9529\/revisions\/9530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}