Professor Marc de Leval, 1941 - 2022

Lived at: 8 Thornton Way

Profession: Cardiothoracic surgeon

About his life:

• Appointed as Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1974.
• Founded the heart transplant unit at GOSH and performed the Hospital’s first heart transplant in 1988.
• Was the vice president of Chain of Hope - a charity treating children with heart diseases in developing countries.
• Published ‘Humanity and Humility: 40 Years in Children's Heart Surgery’ in 2020, recounting the journey of his career.