Dr. David R. Holmes
“Lion King”
Dr. David R. Holmes (USA) served as a Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, dedicating over 46 years to a distinguished career before retiring as Emeritus Staff. Dr. Holmes was instrumental in the evolution of PCI and is credited with inventing the Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Occluder, a device that has been implanted over 100,000 times globally to prevent strokes. As a principal or co-investigator in over 70 clinical studies, his contributions to cardiovascular medicine are unparalleled. He has been honored with the American College of Cardiology’s Distinguished Scientist Award (Clinical Domain) and the “Master of the Masters” Award at TCTAP in 2018.
David is one of most sought-after lecturers, and speakers in the interventional cardiology world. The reason is David has the unique ability to combine the delivery of scientific message with engaging humor. (Barry D. Rutherford) Your contributions to your science and care of patients and your redoubtable way to communicate, particularly in the TCT courses overall this year and many other venues, have been quite extraordinary. (Spencer B. King III) All the history of interventional cardiology is full of memory and key contributions of David R. Holmes. Starting with angioplasty with data collection important initial ‘Vascular Intervention’ registries, stents and now research structural heart disease like atrial appendage occlusion. (Antonio Colombo) We belong to the same generation id with internal medicine and cardiovascular training in 75, 76. We started to a peer on stage of the ACC and American Cardiology association at the same time And I wouldn’t you will not believe but he was a very shy speaker who growing to a very stutter debater feared by many other furious debaters. (Patrick W. Serruys)
A vivid memory that stays with me is the first time I saw David; his presence was commanding, and he truly struck me as a “Lion King.”
Dr. David R. Holmes (USA) served as a Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, dedicating over 46 years to a distinguished career before retiring as Emeritus Staff. Dr. Holmes was instrumental in the evolution of PCI and is credited with inventing the Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Occluder, a device that has been implanted over 100,000 times globally to prevent strokes. As a principal or co-investigator in over 70 clinical studies, his contributions to cardiovascular medicine are unparalleled. He has been honored with the American College of Cardiology’s Distinguished Scientist Award (Clinical Domain) and the “Master of the Masters” Award at TCTAP in 2018.
David is one of most sought-after lecturers, and speakers in the interventional cardiology world. The reason is David has the unique ability to combine the delivery of scientific message with engaging humor. (Barry D. Rutherford) Your contributions to your science and care of patients and your redoubtable way to communicate, particularly in the TCT courses overall this year and many other venues, have been quite extraordinary. (Spencer B. King III) All the history of interventional cardiology is full of memory and key contributions of David R. Holmes. Starting with angioplasty with data collection important initial ‘Vascular Intervention’ registries, stents and now research structural heart disease like atrial appendage occlusion. (Antonio Colombo) We belong to the same generation id with internal medicine and cardiovascular training in 75, 76. We started to a peer on stage of the ACC and American Cardiology association at the same time And I wouldn’t you will not believe but he was a very shy speaker who growing to a very stutter debater feared by many other furious debaters. (Patrick W. Serruys)
A vivid memory that stays with me is the first time I saw David; his presence was commanding, and he truly struck me as a “Lion King.”