Leon Abrams

Leon David Abrams FRCS (1923–2012) was a British cardiothoracic surgeon who developed and implanted the first variable rate heart pacemaker, together with Ray Lightwood, at the University of Birmingham.

[3] Abrams was a cardiothoracic surgeon at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

With medical engineer Ray Lightwood, he developed and implanted the first variable rate pacemaker in 1960.

He set up a leading centre for lung and heart surgery at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

[1][2][4][5] Leon Abrams was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1951.