Remembering Donald Baim

Among the most extraordinary developments both in clinical medicine and in the medical device industry over the past 30 years has been the birth and growth of interventional cardiology (IC). The specialty has become so well accepted that it is easy to forget how young it is—young enough that many of the pioneering clinicians who built this area are still involved in its continuing growth. One of those pioneers was Donald S. Baim, MD, who died on November 6, 2009, at the age of 60.

At the time of his death, Baim was chief medical and scientific officer of Boston Scientific Corp., a position...