Dr. David Coston Sabiston: A Stalwart of Surgical Training and Innovations

Dr. David Coston Sabiston is a pioneer surgeon and an innovator in cardio-thoracic surgery. An image of excellence among surgical trainees across the globe. As chairman of the department of surgery at Duke University, he was reputedly one of the greatest surgeons who ever lived. In 1962, he grafted a vein from a patient’s leg to feed blood past a blocked coronary artery, very first coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), and promptly known as a moderniser of cardiac surgery. He was the president of all the principal surgical societies in America.