Latter Day Saint President Russell M Nelson passed away this evening at 10:00 PM MDT at 101 years old.
For a man of such a heightened age, it was remarkable to see how at 101 he still had all of his mental faculties about him. He led the LDS church throughout a span of difficult times since his calling to the presidency in 2018. He guided us through COVID, nearly double the temples we had, and had a profound impact on inter-faith relations, especially with the papacy.
For those less interested in what he did as a religious leader, Nelson worked as a surgeon before his calling to the Church's service. He performed the first open heart surgery west of the Mississippi River (and built his own heart-lung bypass machine to do so). He performed the first successful pediatric cardiac operation at Salt Lake General Hospital. He performed one of the first, if not the definitive first, tricuspid valve regurgitation surgeries ever recorded (on an LDS Patriarch, too), providing the first ever surgical intervention for one as well. He has had 12 listed positions and awards, and had a Doctorate of (Medical) Science from BYU, USU, and UoU. He was also an Honorary Professor at Shandong University (山东大学) in China.
A renowned heart surgeon and astounding religious leader. He will be dearly missed as both a religious leader and a renowned heart surgeon.
For a man of such a heightened age, it was remarkable to see how at 101 he still had all of his mental faculties about him. He led the LDS church throughout a span of difficult times since his calling to the presidency in 2018. He guided us through COVID, nearly double the temples we had, and had a profound impact on inter-faith relations, especially with the papacy.
For those less interested in what he did as a religious leader, Nelson worked as a surgeon before his calling to the Church's service. He performed the first open heart surgery west of the Mississippi River (and built his own heart-lung bypass machine to do so). He performed the first successful pediatric cardiac operation at Salt Lake General Hospital. He performed one of the first, if not the definitive first, tricuspid valve regurgitation surgeries ever recorded (on an LDS Patriarch, too), providing the first ever surgical intervention for one as well. He has had 12 listed positions and awards, and had a Doctorate of (Medical) Science from BYU, USU, and UoU. He was also an Honorary Professor at Shandong University (山东大学) in China.
A renowned heart surgeon and astounding religious leader. He will be dearly missed as both a religious leader and a renowned heart surgeon.
