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  Victor Chang
Victor Chang's specialty is in giving people new hearts, or heart transplants.
Victor Peter Chang Yam Him was born in China in 1936, and came to Australia when he was fifteen years old.
Early in his career, Victor Chang was inspired by Dr. Mark Shanahan, who was one of only three heart surgeons in Australia at the time.
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  Victor Chang at AllExperts
Victor Peter Chang AC (Chang Yam Him 張任謙; pinyin: Zhāng Rènqiān; 21 November, 1936–4 July, 1991) was an Australian heart surgeon, and one of the pioneers of modern heart transplantation.
Chang apparently chose to study medicine because of his mother's death from breast cancer when he was 12 years old.
On 15 February, 1994 the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, a body intended to focus on research into "the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart muscle diseases," was launched by Prime Minister Paul Keating, funded by the Federal Government, as well as public donations (including $3 million from patron Kerry Packer).
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  Victor Chang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Victor Peter Chang AC (Chang Yam Him 張任謙; pinyin: Zhāng Rènqiān; 21 November 1936–4 July 1991) was an Australian heart surgeon, and one of the pioneers of modern heart transplantation.
Chang apparently chose to study medicine because of his mother's death from breast cancer when he was 12 years old.
On 15 February 1994 the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, a body intended to focus on research into "the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart muscle diseases," was launched by Prime Minister Paul Keating, funded by the Federal Government, as well as public donations (including $3 million from patron Kerry Packer).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victor_Chang   (604 words)

  
 Dr Victor Chang - Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney Australia.
Victor Chang was not only an accomplished surgeon, he was also a respected humanitarian and skilled campaigner responsible for the development of Australia's National Heart Transplant Program.
Victor was a quiet, charming person who was loved by his patients and his friends and especially by his wife Ann and his children Vanessa, Matthew and Marcus.
Victor Chang was a man of vision; as a surgeon, as a researcher and as an ambassador for Australia and the people of South-East Asia.
www.victorchang.edu.au /public/DrVictorChang.cfm?cid=59   (493 words)

  
 Dr. VICTOR CHANG, A.C.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
VICTOR CHANG, A.C. Dr. VICTOR CHANG, A.C. Victor Peter Chang (Yam Him) was born in Shanghai, China in 1936 to Australian-born Chinese parents.
Dr. Chang was awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia and was awarded its highest degree of M.D. Honoris Causa for “scholarly achievement and humanitarian endeavour” from the University of New South Wales in 1986.
In remembrance on November 23, 1993, The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institutes was established after receiving generous donation of $3 million from the Australia Federal Government, $3 million from Mr.
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 Hero - Dr. Victor Chang, heart surgery pioneer
Born in China in 1936 and emigrating to Australia in 1951 after losing his mother to cancer when he was just 12 years of age, Chang had already decided at that tender age to become a doctor.
Chang spent many hours in the redevelopment of artificial hearts and the introduction of new surgery techniques in an effort to increase the success rate of heart transplants.
Unfortunately Dr Victor Chang was killed before the introduction of his new artificial heart.
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 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Empty promises
Chang readily agreed to take on the job, and he had Ford sign contracts for architectural services and general contracting services, according to her complaint.
Chang hired workmen to tear out many of the outer walls of the home, to remove all electrical work and a large amount of the plumbing, and to remove most of the inner walls, said Williams of the Contractors State License Board in her declaration of support of the DA's arrest warrant for Chang.
Chang told Williams that Ford was in charge of the project and that he was the "architect for the job and only oversaw the construction work," according to Williams' declaration.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20040501-9999-1b1architect.html   (1968 words)

  
 Victor Chang: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Chang apparently chose to study medicine because of his mothers death from breast cancer breast cancer quick summary:
An artificial heart is a device that is implanted into the body to replace the original biological heart....
Chang was murdered on 4 July, EHandler: no quick summary.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/vi/victor_chang.htm   (1152 words)

  
 PlanetPapers - Victor Chang - A Eulogy - The life of a great man
Victor Chang, born on the 25 November 1936 in Shanghai, China was a very talented and naturally gifted person.
Victor moved to Hong Kong at a young age from his hometown where he attended primary school and completed part of his secondary education.
Victor never lost sight of his goal and in 1962 he completed his course and was now known as Dr. Victor Chang.
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 ECS - Victor Chang
Victor Chang is a Tester, Developer, Researcher and IT Administrator based at the OMII, which is founded by a £6.5 million (phase 1) + £ 5.6 million (phase 2) project and is also a fast-growing organisation currently led by Prof.
Victor Chang is the first Cambridge research student specialising in integrated aspects of e-Learning (IT + management + education + research) basedat the Institute for Manufacturing of Cambridge University.
Victor is the webmaster/assistant webmaster of more than 10 official sites, 50% of which are based in 3 departments of Cambridge University (Manufacturing, Engineering and Physics), where he also worked as an IT-support staff, serving a wide range of people.
www.ecs.soton.ac.uk /people/icvc   (1167 words)

  
 Term Paper on Victor Chang - A Eulogy (The
Good morning friends, family and all those of you who are here today to celebrate the life of a great man, Victor Chang.
Victor Chang, born on the 25 November 1936 in Shanghai, China was a very talented and naturally gifted person.
The impact that Victor has made in medicine will continue to be felt for many years to come.
www.swiftpapers.com /essay/Victor_Chang___A_Eulogy_The-102373.html   (189 words)

  
 KSE
The event was organized by KSE and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.
The event is organized by EERC, EROC, and KEI with generous from the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.
"Changes in Determinants of Poverty and Inequality during Transition: Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine".
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 Victor Chang link to kidnapping case - smh.com.au
The uncle of the murdered surgeon Victor Chang offered to post $250,000 bail for a man charged with kidnapping a Chinese woman, a court heard yesterday.
However, bail was refused and Edison Zhen Hu, 18, and his girlfriend, Shan Shan Xing, 21, were remanded in custody, charged with holding a woman captive for 65 hours and demanding $120,000 ransom.
Dr Chang was murdered in 1991 by two Asian gunmen who tried to kidnap him.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/04/29/1051381948678.html   (416 words)

  
 An Australian Hero - Dr. Victor Chang
Victor Peter Chang (Yam Him) was born in Shanghai, China in 1936 to Australian-born Chinese parents.
A pioneer of the modern heart transplants, Victor Chang was awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia and was awarded its highest degree of M.D. Honoris Causa for "scholarly achievement and humanitarian endeavour" from the University of New South Wales in 1986.
In remembrance on November 23, 1993, The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institutes was establish after receiving generous donations of $3 million from the Australia Federal Government, $3 million from Mr.
alldownunder.com /oz-p/victor-chang.htm   (691 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Business | Dealing in dinosaurs
All are creations of Victor Chang, an automation technologies engineer for the state petroleum company PDVSA until 1994, when he decided to take his lifelong hobby of building mechanical models public.
On the dinosaurs' other side is a voyage to the bottom of the ocean viewed through three-dimensional glasses and accompanied by computer-choreographed seats which shake and sway with the attacks of sharks and giant squid.
The main obstacle to exporting the creatures, says Mr Chang, is the mechanical monsters' technological complexity, since purchasers must learn how to maintain and repair the creatures themselves.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/2027582.stm   (586 words)

  
 Victor Chang - A Eulogy (The free essays
Victor started his degree in medicine at the University of Sydney in 1956 where he studied undeterred and focussed soley on building his career.
Victor never lost sight of his goal and in 1962 he completed his course and was now known as Dr. Victor Chang.
Victor commenced work at the St Vincent’s hospital in Sydney where he took a real interest in cardiothoracic (heart and chest) surgery.
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 Term Paper on 'A Biography of Victor Chang' by Sakshi Kaushik
In 1946, Chang immigrated to Sydney, in Australia.
Parents: Aubrey Chang, his father and May Lee, his mother were brought up in Australia.
Chang was named Australian of the year in 1985 for his contribution in the field of heart transplants.
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 Victor Chang   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Victor Chang specialised in giving people new hearts...or heart transplants.
Victor Peter Chang Yam Him was born in China in 1936 and came to Australia when he was 15.
But work on Dr. Chang's artificial heart didn't stop.
www.ermington-p.schools.nsw.edu.au /chang.htm   (449 words)

  
 ZoomInfo Web Summary: Victor Chang
Victor Chang is responsible for all development and engineering efforts at Infoblox.
Victor Chang, vice president of the Developer Solutions division at RSA Security said, "Companies such as Blue Ridge Networks recognize that PKI technology is what puts the 'private' in VPN.
Victor Chang has been with RSA Security since 1994 and has 20 years experience in high technology, including product development, strategic planning and general management.
www.zoominfo.com /Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=19214556   (1058 words)

  
 Crosslink Capital
Victor joined Crosslink in 2005 and evaluates venture capital opportunities.
Prior to joining Crosslink, Victor was a consultant at Monitor Group working on strategic projects for clients across the retail, automotive, biotech, and software industries.
Before joining the Monitor Group, Victor was the project manager of MIT Microelectronics WebLab, an online laboratory project sponsored by Microsoft and MIT.
www.crosslinkcapital.com /bio_chang.htm   (126 words)

  
 Chang & Boos -- American Immigration Lawyers -- Testimonials
Chang blends wisdom, legal expertise, and compassion threaded through with heartwarming sense of dedication to his practice.
Chang is extremely knowledgeable and capable in the legal, procedural and the more esoteric aspects of Canada to US immigration.
He always has an in-depth explanation for the recent trends and changes which could influence a client’s ability to strategize their immigration issues.
www.americanlaw.com /testimonials.html   (715 words)

  
 Attorney Victor Chang, Ivins, Phillips & Barker, Washington, District of Columbia
Attorney Victor Chang, Ivins, Phillips and Barker, Washington, District of Columbia
Chang is an associate with Ivins, Phillips and Barker.
Chang received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2003, where he was a Senior Editor for the Yale Law Journal and a student director of the Nonprofit Organizations Clinic.
www.ipbtax.com /Bio/VictorChang.asp   (109 words)

  
 Southern Cross Sports Marketing Shopping
The 2006 Victor Chang Cardiac Research Charity Golf Day was an outstanding success with all in attendance enjoying a great day of golf, hospitality and networking.
In the seventh year Southern Cross Sports Marketing has managed the Victor Chang Golf Day, over $34,000 was raised to help continue research into Cardiovascular Disease.
The enormous success of the event was a credit to everyone who supported the golf day, formal dinner and auction, and to the staff at Victor Chang, Southern Cross and Manly Golf Club.
www.sxsm.com.au /shopping/shopsub.jsp?a=1118964116   (125 words)

  
 UNSW: The University of New South Wales - Sydney Australia - News - Australian breakthrough identifies genetic cause of ...
In a landmark study published this week in Nature Genetics, researchers from St Vincent's Hospital, The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute and the University of New South Wales have shown that a possible cause of cancer is a defect in the function of otherwise normal genes.
This functional change in the gene appears to cause the development of multiple cancers.
The conclusions are based on a study of 94 people with either multiple cancers or with a strong family history of colorectal cancer.
www.unsw.edu.au /news/pad/articles/2004/apr/Ward_cancer_genes.html   (316 words)

  
 Burke's Backyard Archives 2002 - Victor Chang Roses   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The rose is named after Sister Bernice Elphick, a Sister of Charity, who was Rectress and Administrator of St. Vincent's Hospital from 1963 until she retired in 1997.
Sister Bernice was much loved and respected by Victor, having dedicated her life, as he did, to the care and wellbeing of others.
Details on the fact sheets are accurate at the time of publishing, however prices and contact information are not updated and may change.
www.burkesbackyard.com.au /2002/archives/2002/in_the_garden/flowering_plants_and_shrubs2/victor_chang_roses?mysource_site_extension=printer_friendly_pages   (308 words)

  
 Victor Chang - China-related Topics VI-VL - China-Related Topics
Victor Peter Chang Order of AustraliaAC (Chang Yam Him 張任謙; pinyin: Zhāng R??nqiān; 21 November, 1936andndash;4 July, 1991) was an Australian heart surgerysurgeon, and one of the pioneers of modern heart transplantation.
The advent of immunosuppressionanti-rejection drugs in 1980 made heart transplants more feasible, and Chang lobbied politicians and businessmen to raise funds to establish a heart transplant programme at St. Vincent's.
On 15 February, 1994 the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, a body intended to focus on research into "the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart muscle diseases," was launched by Prime Minister of AustraliaPrime Minister Paul Keating, funded by the Federal Government, as well as public donations (including $3 million from patron Kerry Packer).
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Victor_Chang   (633 words)

  
 Victor Chang   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Dr Chang was one of the world's leading heart surgeons and a fine cardiac researcher when he was murdered in Sydney in 1991 at the age of 55.
Dr Chang loved his work and developed Australia's National heart transplant program- which is the largest and most successful in the world.
He worked at St Vincent's hospital in Sydney and was a very generous man. He wasn't a negative man, he was more of a positive man. Dr Chang always had a smile on his face when he helped people.
teachit.acreekps.vic.edu.au /cyberfair2001/VictorChang.htm   (191 words)

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