Felix Unger

Felix Unger, speaking at the Alma Mater Europaea graduation ceremony March 12, 2013.

Felix Unger (born 2 March 1946 in Klagenfurt, Austria) is a heart specialist who served as the president of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts for three decades.[1] He is the president of Alma Mater Europaea.[2] In 1986, he performed Europe's first staged artificial heart transplantation - a temporary solution used until a natural donor heart becomes available.[3][4] Europe's first total artificial heart transplant was led by Bjarne Semb in 1985.[3][5]

  1. ^ "News | European Academy of Sciences and Arts". www.euro-acad.eu. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  2. ^ "Felix Unger – Arts Investment Forum Home". www.artsinvestmentforum.org. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
  3. ^ a b Unger, Felix (July 1986). "Review article : Current status and use of artificial hearts and circulatory assist devices". Perfusion. 1 (3): 155–163. doi:10.1177/026765918600100302. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  4. ^ "New Artificial Heart is Tried", United Press International in The New York Times, December 16, 1986.
  5. ^ Kvitting, John‐Peder Escobar; Koul, Bansi; Geiran, Odd R. (July 2022). "Bjarne K. H. Semb: The contriver of the first implantation of a total artificial heart in Europe". Artificial Organs. 46 (7): 1221–1226. doi:10.1111/aor.14252. Retrieved 18 February 2025.

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