Robert Edward Gross (July 2, 1905 – October 11, 1988) was an American surgeon and a medical researcher.
[1] He performed early work in pediatric heart surgery at Boston Children's Hospital.
[1] According to his obituary in The New York Times, in 1938 Gross "performed the first surgical correction of one of the most common congenital heart disorders in children", referring to the ligation of the patent ductus.
[1][4] He also developed a method of cutting into a heart with a use of a plastic well that allowed to avoid a catastrophic loss of blood.
[1] The National Academies Press said that he "made many contributions that have altered the practice and understanding of surgery, pediatrics, and cardiology throughout the world".