Heimlich, Henry

Heimlich, Henry (Jay)

(1920– ) physician; born in Wilmington, Del. While a New York City thoracic surgeon (1950–69), he developed a procedure to reconstruct the esophagus, followed by the Heimlich valve to help chest drainage. Moving to Cincinnati, Ohio, he devised the antichoking "Heimlich maneuver" in 1974. He wrote Dr Heimlich's Home Guide to Emergency Medical Situations (1981).