On May 11, 2010, the View co-host and broadcast journalist Barbara Walters, known for her probing interview questions that elicit juicy facts from politicians and celebrities, revealed scant information about her impending heart surgery on Monday.
Who did Barbara Walters’s heart surgery?
Barbara Walters’ heart surgeon was Dr. Craig Smith.
Barbara Walters returned to The View yesterday following aortic valve replacement surgery due to aortic stenosis last May. The episode began with a humorous spoof about Barbara’s recuperation and an important topic about heart disease, in case you missed it.
Barbara and her co-hosts covered a wide range of subjects on the show, including:
Aortic stenosis diagnosis
women’s open heart surgery scars
Following a medial sternotomy (sternum incision), early healing involves walking
In addition, we now know who operated on Barbara’s heart valve. It turns out that Dr. Craig Smith, the head of the surgery department at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, operated on Barbara Walters’ heart.
If the name seems familiar, it’s because Dr. Smith operated on former president Bill Clinton in 2004 and gave him a quadruple bypass.
The discussion of Barbara Walters’ heart valve surgery and rehabilitation.
