Obituaries
December 31, 1969 - July 28, 2015
Visitation:
6:00 to 9:00 pm on Thursday, July 30, 2015
Stanfill Funeral Home, 10545 S. Dixie Hwy., Pinecrest, Florida
Service:
Friday, July 31, 2015 at St. Augustine Catholic Church, 1400 Miller Rd. Coral Gables at 10:00 am.
Cora Gables, Florida
Interment:
Woodlawn Cemetery, 3260 SW 8th St., Cora Gables, Florida
Miami doctor James Jude, who pioneered CPR, dies at 87
MAN OF MEDICINE: Dr. James Jude volunteered at the Sir Victor Sassoon Heart Foundation in the Bahamas to set up a clinic to diagnose and operate on indigent children and adults with heart disease. He was president of the American Heart Association in Miami and helped pioneer CPR while at Johns Hopkins in 1960. HE HAS THE BEAT: In 1960, Dr James Jude, working alongside two colleagues at Johns Hopkins Hospital, pioneered research that led to the development of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In this March 2011 photo, Jude, who went on to a long medical career in Miami, demonstrated how to apply hands-only CPR, during an event at Kendall Regional Center Medical Center. HE HAS THE BEAT: In 1960, Dr James Jude, working alongside two colleagues at Johns Hopkins Hospital, pioneered research that led to the development of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In this March 2011 photo, Jude, who went on to a long medical career in Miami, demonstrated how to apply hands-only CPR, during an event at Kendall Regional Center Medical Center. MAN OF MEDICINE: Dr. James Jude volunteered at the Sir Victor Sassoon Heart Foundation in the Bahamas to set up a clinic to diagnose and operate on indigent children and adults with heart disease. He was president of the American Heart Association in Miami and helped pioneer CPR while at Johns Hopkins in 1960. HE HAS THE BEAT: In 1960, Dr James Jude, working alongside two colleagues at Johns Hopkins Hospital, pioneered research that led to the development of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In this March 2011 photo, Jude, who went on to a long medical career in Miami, demonstrated how to apply hands-only CPR, during an event at Kendall Regional Center Medical Center.
Modern medicine was “going to the dogs” when Dr. James Jude, a young resident at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the late 1950s, pioneered a new life-saving technique.
Jude, observing his colleagues Dr. William Kouwenhoven, the developer of the defibrillator, and graduate student Guy Knickerbocker’s work with fibrillating dogs, figured that pressure applied rhythmically with the heel of the hand to the center of the chest could jump-start the heart and save lives.
THORACIC SURGEON: Dr. James Jude, who helped pioneer CPR, moved to Miami in 1964 with wife, Sallye, and was on staff at Jackson Memorial, Mercy, Baptist and Northridge hospitals. He was a clinical professor of surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine.
THORACIC SURGEON: Dr. James Jude, who helped pioneer CPR, moved to Miami in 1964 with wife, Sallye, and was on staff at Jackson Memorial, Mercy, Baptist and Northridge hospitals. He was a clinical professor of surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Courtesy of the Jude family
Jude, a Miami thoracic surgeon called the “father of modern cardiopulmonary resuscitation” in a 1983 Miami Herald medical story, developed CPR in 1960.
He died Tuesday in Coral Gables at 87 of complications from a rare Parkinson’s disease-related ailment.
Before Jude’s brainstorm, which led to hundreds of scientific articles and two of his books, including Fundamentals of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, patients were out of luck until they reached a hospital. There, before CPR, doctors had to slit the chest to manually massage the heart to try and get it beating again — like something out of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
“He was told he had to have 100 successful resuscitations before he could present it — that was accomplished quickly,” said his wife of nearly 64 years, Sallye Jude, a prominent South Florida preservationist.
In 1963, CPR was formally endorsed by the American Heart Association.
Jude, a 1953 graduate of the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, helped train colleagues and firefighters in the procedure. His work with CPR brought him to Miami in 1964, where he became chief of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine and Jackson Memorial Hospital.
In Miami, he also worked in private practice from 1971 to 2000 and performed surgeries at numerous hospitals including Mercy, Baptist and Northridge General in Fort Lauderdale.
CPR eventually became commonplace with lifeguards, paramedics and just regular people. In 2012, an American Heart Association campaign promoted proper CPR rhythm technique by advising the general public to press the chest area to the 103 beats-per-minute tempo of the Bee Gees’ classic Stayin’ Alive.
Jude, born June 7, 1928, in Maple Lake, Minnesota, seemed modest when he told a Herald reporter in 1983, “It has been beneficial, even at its worst, and we are saving an awful lot of lives.”
His children echo that. “I'm so proud of my father and the impact that his development of cardiopulmonary resuscitation has had in saving millions of lives around the world. He always wanted to impact people's lives in a positive way,” said son Peter Jude, public relations director at Kendall Regional Medical Center.
In addition to his wife and son, Jude is survived by children Roderick, John, Cecilia Prahl, Victoria Steele, Robert and Christopher; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and his sister, Monica Loch.
A visitation will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Stanfill Funeral Home, 10545 S. Dixie Hwy., Pinecrest. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Augustine Catholic Church, 1400 Miller Rd., Coral Gables. Memorials can be made to the Heart & Vascular Institute at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Dr. James (Jim) R. Jude of Miami, Florida, passed away at his home on July 28, 2015 after an extended illness. Jim is survived by Sallye, his wife of 64 years; his children, Roderick, John, Cecilia Prahl (Bill), Victoria Steele (Bob), Peter (Maria), Bob (Sheri), and Chris; his grandchildren, Joseph, Jennifer, Tina (Greg), James, Tom (Jamie), Will (Fangting), Michael, Peter John, Annemarie, Sara, Samantha and Nicholas; great grandchildren, Morgan, Andrew & Haddie and his sister, Monica Loch, of Maple Lake, Minnesota. Jim was born on June 7, 1928 in Maple Lake, Minnesota. He graduated from St. Thomas College in St. Paul, MN and received his medical degree in 1953 from the University of Minnesota. He did a surgical internship followed by a residency in Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. From 1956 to 1958 his residency was interrupted to serve two years in the US Public Health Service at the National Institutes of Health. He was an attending surgeon and professor at Hopkins from 1961 to 1964. He came to Miami in 1964 to become Professor of Surgery and Chief of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine and Jackson Memorial Hospital. From 1971 to 2000 he was in private practice and did surgery at various hospitals in Miami, Miami Beach and Ft. Lauderdale. Jim was a member of numerous National and State Medical Societies. In the late 1950s, Jim and electrical engineers Dr. William Kouwenhoven and Dr. Guy Knickerbocker did research which led to their development of CPR chest compression in 1960. In addition to his long professional career, Jim was active in civic and charitable organizations. He volunteered for the Sir Victor Sassoon Heart Foundation in the Bahamas, setting up a clinic to diagnose and operate on indigent children and adults with heart disease. He was president of the American Heart Association in Miami, during which time he started Walk for Your Heart and Healthy Eating with Women for Heart. After Hurricane Andrew, he volunteered his medical services in Homestead. Jim was involved in local politics as a member of the Planning Board of Coral Gables in the late 1960's and in 1969 he ran for Mayor of the City of Coral Gables. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 31, 2015 at St. Augustine Catholic Church, 1400 Miller Rd. Coral Gables at 10:00 am. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery, 3260 SW 8th St. The family will greet friends from 6:00 to 9:00 pm on Thursday, July 30, 2015 at Stanfill Funeral Home, 10545 S. Dixie Hwy., Pinecrest. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Heart & Vascular Institute at Johns Hopkins Medicine. www.hopkinsmedicine.org/support - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/herald/obituary.aspx?pid=175388879#sthash.OBruXXxR.dpuf