Innovators of the Coronary Angioplasty Win 2019 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize

(National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine) The National Academy of Engineering and Ohio University announced today that the 2019 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize will be given to Julio Palmaz, Leonard Pinchuk, Richard Schatz, John Simpson, and Paul Yock for innovations leading to the widespread adoption of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), previously known as angioplasty with stent or coronary angioplasty.
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