Personal History

L.P. Enright, M.D.  
   
   
Date and place of birth:  October  9, 1938, Los Angeles, California
   
Present Status:  Retired
   
Education: Stanford University    September 1956 to June 1962 - A.B.
  Stanford University Medical school   September 1959 to June 1964  - M.D.
   
Internship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center,   New York
  Surgery - July 1964  to June 1965
   
Residencies: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center,   New York
   Surgery - July 1965 to June 1966
  Stanford University Hospital,  Stanford,  California
  Surgery - July 1968 to June 1970
  Chief  Resident,  Cardiovascular Surgery  1970-1971
   
  Clinic of  Cardiac Surgery
  National Institutes of Health,  USPHS
  Clinical Fellow - July 1966 to June 1968
   
Research Fellowships: Special Research Fellowship USPHS:
  July 1969 - 1970  (1st year)
  July 1970 - June 1971  (2nd year)
   
Honors: Fellow - Alpha Omega Alpha
  Fellow - American College of  Surgeons
  Fellow - American College of Cardiology
  Fellow - American Heart Association - Council of Surgeons
  Fellow - American College of  Chest Physicians
   
Board Certifications: Diplomat of the American Board of  Surgery
  Diplomat of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery
   
Professional Societies: San Francisco  Surgical  Society
  San Jose Surgical Society
   
Academic Appointments: Clinical Assistant Professor of  Surgery
  Stanford University Medical Center  1971-1973
   
Hospital Associations: Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
  El Camino Hospital,  Mountain View,  California
  July 1971 to 1990
  Stanford  University  Medical Center - Cardiovascular  Surgery 1984-1990
   
Career: President and Senior Operating  Surgeon
  Cardiovascular Institute,  Mountain View,  California
  1971 - 1990
   
Publications: 24 professional publications ( including two text book chapters)
   
Professional Achievements    

10,000 cardiac operations ranging from congenital heart repair,

cardiac valve replacements and coronary bypass surgery.

 

Acknowledged in a Medicare review by Medicare Payment System (1988)

as the cardiac surgeon with the best results in California.