Before coming to America, Dr. Gruentzig was the chief physician of Cardiology at the Medical Policlinic University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland. He was brought to Georgia to serve as professor of Cardiology and Radiology Medicine and director of Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. He developed the first successful balloon angioplasty-a procedure which expands arteries clogged with atherosclerotic plaque, offering a less-invasive alternative to coronary artery bypass. He died at age 46 with his wife, Dr. Margaret Anne Gruentzig (#88), in a plane crash in Monroe County.
(1939-1985) (Dogwood Park, lot 149)
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