Louis Everett Martin; Pioneer and Professor in Field of Cardiology

Louis Everett Martin, a pioneer Los Angeles internist and cardiologist who was among the first West Coast physicians to devise surgical procedures for congenital heart defects in so-called “blue babies,” has died in Los Angeles. He was 91.

He was one of the founders of The Medical Group on West 6th Street and a senior staff physician at the Hospital of the Good Samaritan and County-USC Medical Center. Martin, who died July 24, also founded the cardiac clinic at Childrens Hospital.

In addition to his own practice, he was a professor of medicine at USC from 1929 to 1964. He came to Los Angeles in 1927 after graduating from Johns Hopkins University.

Martin was a past president of the Los Angeles County Heart Assn., the California Heart Assn., the Los Angeles Academy of Medicine and the Los Angeles County Tuberculosis and Health Assn.

Survivors include his wife, Myra, two daughters, a brother, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. They suggest contributions to the Heart Assn.