Roy Clauss
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Dr. Roy H. Clauss, M.D.
(February 8, 1923, Melrose Park, Illinois
– July 7, 2007, New York City
) was a pioneering cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon.
During his career, Dr. Clauss helped develop and perfect a variety of techniques involved in the performance of open heart surgery and cardiac bypass surgery, and helped pioneer bilateral carotid artery surgery. He authored over 150 medical articles.
In 1971 he co-authored Remedial Arterial Disease with the late Dr. Walter Redisch. Dr. Clauss and his second wife, Pamela Heavey Clauss
, a surgical and heart pump nurse, along with Greek surgeon, Dr. George Sanoudos, established the first open heart surgery facility in Athens, Greece in the mid-1970s.
in 1943 and from its medical school in 1947. Dr. Clauss married Jane Hamden of Oak Park, Illinois
in 1945, by whom he had three children. It appears that Jane Clauss predeceased her husband. He was married to his second wife, Pamela Heavey
, from 1970 until her death in 2001.
He was a patron of the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic. Dr. Clauss was a deacon and elder of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.
In 1993, he was one of the founding members of The City Church in Manhattan. He died at the age of 84 in 2007.
Doctor of Medicine
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(February 8, 1923, Melrose Park, Illinois
Melrose Park, Illinois
Melrose Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a "near-in" suburb of Chicago. The population was 23,171 at the 2000 census. Melrose Park has long been home to a large Italian-American population, though now it is majority Mexican-American. It was the home of Kiddieland...
– July 7, 2007, New York City
New York City
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) was a pioneering cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon.
During his career, Dr. Clauss helped develop and perfect a variety of techniques involved in the performance of open heart surgery and cardiac bypass surgery, and helped pioneer bilateral carotid artery surgery. He authored over 150 medical articles.
In 1971 he co-authored Remedial Arterial Disease with the late Dr. Walter Redisch. Dr. Clauss and his second wife, Pamela Heavey Clauss
Pamela Clauss
Pamela Clauss was an Australian pioneering nurse, philanthropist and supporter of historical preservation and the arts....
, a surgical and heart pump nurse, along with Greek surgeon, Dr. George Sanoudos, established the first open heart surgery facility in Athens, Greece in the mid-1970s.
Personal life
Dr. Clauss graduated from Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
in 1943 and from its medical school in 1947. Dr. Clauss married Jane Hamden of Oak Park, Illinois
Oak Park, Illinois
Oak Park, Illinois is a suburb bordering the west side of the city of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is the twenty-fifth largest municipality in Illinois. Oak Park has easy access to downtown Chicago due to public transportation such as the Chicago 'L' Blue and Green lines,...
in 1945, by whom he had three children. It appears that Jane Clauss predeceased her husband. He was married to his second wife, Pamela Heavey
Pamela Clauss
Pamela Clauss was an Australian pioneering nurse, philanthropist and supporter of historical preservation and the arts....
, from 1970 until her death in 2001.
He was a patron of the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic. Dr. Clauss was a deacon and elder of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.
In 1993, he was one of the founding members of The City Church in Manhattan. He died at the age of 84 in 2007.