* Peter C. Nolan; Surgeon Performed 14,000 Open-Heart Operations
Peter C. Nolan, 52, thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon who performed more than 14,000 open-heart surgeries. Nolan, a native of Philadelphia, was educated at Miami University in Ohio and Temple University Medical School. He began his surgical practice at the Cleveland Clinic. In 1977, he joined the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, where he specialized in heart bypass surgery. On Feb. 26 in Solana Beach of colon cancer.
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