The United States has an active pharmaceutical industry that has brought huge benefits to the U.S. public. Most Americans, who benefit from these adv…

- Robert Jarvik

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.

- Robert Jarvik

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 …

- Robert Jarvik

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 re…

- Robert Jarvik

I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician.

- Robert Jarvik

Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.

- Robert Jarvik

There is a clear matter that I am not a practicing physician; I have never been a practitioner; everybody has known for decades.

- Robert Jarvik

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 …

- Robert Jarvik

I do not practice clinical medicine and hence do not treat individual patients. My career is in medical science.

- Robert Jarvik