Alexis Carrel was a French surgeon and biologist who spent most of his scientific career in the United States. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912 for pioneering vascular suturing techniques. He invented the first perfusion pump with Charles Lindbergh opening the way to organ transplantation. In later time however, it was acknowledged that Carrel and Lindbergh's version of the perfusion pump, which initially had media prominence, was impractical and difficult to use, and would lose influence by the 1940s. Carrel was also a pioneer in tissue culture, transplantology and thoracic surgery. He is known for his leading role in implementing eugenic policies in Vichy France. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1912, announced October 10, 1912. Alexis Carrel, “in recognition of his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood vessels and organs”. Alexis Carrel: born 1873, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).