Robert Koffler Jarvik, M.D. (born May 11, 1946) is an American scientist, researcher and entrepreneur known for his role in developing the Jarvik-7 artificial heart. Read full biography of Robert Jarvik →
Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.
This idea that clumsy, stumbling people are real bright is ridiculous, because intelligence is related to neurologic function, and really intelligent... →
I knew that my father was going to die of heart disease, and I was trying to make a heart for him.
I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician. I think it's very upfront. I am a doctor. I have long experience with heart disease.
Lipitor is one of the most researched medicines. I'm glad I take Lipitor, as a doctor, and a dad.
The United States has an active pharmaceutical industry that has brought huge benefits to the U.S. public. Most Americans, who benefit from these... →
I am, in fact, a medical doctor; I am a world expert in mechanical heart technology; and I am an athletically fit man who takes care of his own... →
The artificial heart is very effective as a bridge to transplant, but the number of people that can be saved with human hearts is limited. A perfect... →
I do not practice clinical medicine and hence do not treat individual patients. My career is in medical science.
There is a clear matter that I am not a practicing physician; I have never been a practitioner; everybody has known for decades.
As a medical doctor who chose a career in artificial heart technology rather than clinical practice, I decided not to take an internship, which is... →
As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people... →
Our ad campaign with Pfizer is educational. Lipitor is the most widely prescribed drug in the country. For every prescription, there is a doctor... →
Robert Koffler Jarvik, M.D. (born May 11, 1946) is an American scientist, researcher and entrepreneur known for his role in developing the Jarvik-7 artificial heart.