Our History
Lown Cardiovascular Group
Founded in 1974 by Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Bernard Lown, the Lown Cardiovascular Group has a rich history of compassionate, non-invasive care and treatment of all types of cardiovascular disease and conditions.
Through the years, the Lown Group has been home to some of the world’s leading physicians in the cardiovascular field, physicians who have spent countless hours researching and treating heart disease and conditions.
Dr. Lown has devoted over fifty years to the practice of medicine, the field of cardiology, and the betterment of humankind. He is the author of
The Lost Art of Healing and
Prescription for Survival: A Doctor’s Journey to End Nuclear Madness.
"Medicine is the art of engagement with the human condition rather than with the disease."
-Dr. Bernard Lown
More about Dr. Bernard Lown
Dr. Bernard Lown (1921-2021) was a pioneering cardiologist, humanitarian, and founder of the Lown Cardiology Group and the Lown Institute. From his invention of the modern direct current defibrillator to his advocacy of anti-nuclear proliferation, Dr. Lown saved countless lives and changed medicine forever. Learn more about Bernard Lown’s remarkable life in the video below.
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The Bernard Lown Scholars in Cardiovascular Health Program
The Lown Scholars Program trains Scholars who live and work in a developing country. The program focuses on universal primary healthcare and health inequities, cardiovascular health in urban poor and psychosocial stress and cardiovascular disease.