1980s Logo
The blue and red logo is introduced with the signature heart and lungs represented in the capital letter D.
Category: 1980s
President Fryczynski
Stanly H. Fryczynski, Jr. served as president from 1980 to 1983 and then again from 1986 to 1994.
President Shein
Hartley Shein served as president from 1983 to 1986.
Deborah’s First Balloon Angioplasty
Vladir Maranhao, MD, affectionately known as “Dr. Mara” performed Deborah’s first percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) or balloon angioplasty. Dr. Mara also performed Deborah’s first cardiac catheterization in 1959 and spent 28 years at Deborah Heart and Lung Center as a cardiologist, chairman of the department of cardiovascular diseases and..Read More
Children of the World Recipient Maya Shrago Meets First Lady Nancy Reagan
Maya Shrago was the first of six children from the Soviet Union to receive treatment at Deborah through its Children of the World Program. At the height of the 80s more than 1,200 children from 40 nations travelled to Deborah for medical treatment.
Hospital Foundation Gets A New Headquarters
Eva Cymrot from Fort Lauderdale Florida donated $1 million in the name of her deceased husband, Alexander E. Cymrot, for the two-story, 15,000-square-foot office building now the headquarters of the Deborah Hospital Foundation.
First Computerized Cath Lab Opens
The first advanced, fully-computerized cardiac catheterization laboratory opened in 1986. Today, cardiac catheterization is the most widely performed procedure at Deborah Heart and Lung Center, used both as a diagnostic and interventional tool.
Deborah Launches First Human Heart Valve Bank in Northeast
Deborah Heart and Lung Center established the first human heart valve bank in the Northeastern United States in 1986. Led by the clinical research institute, Deborah was the first in the region to perform human valve transplants used in replacement and reconstructive cardiac surgery.
Former President Gerald R. Ford Dedicates Deborah Facility Expansion
On December 2, 1981, former United States President Gerald R. Ford, dedicated the new and expanded facilities of Deborah Heart and Lung Center, marking the formal completion of Deborah’s $14 million capital expansion project.