Dr. Travis W. Winsor; Heart Disease Expert

Dr. Travis W. Winsor, 81, an expert in heart disease and research. Born in San Francisco, Winsor was educated at UC Berkeley and Stanford Medical School. He was on the cardiology staffs of both St. Vincent Medical Center and the Hospital of the Good Samaritan in Los Angeles. Winsor found early indications of secondary smoke causing harm to nonsmokers, and invented the plethysmograph, a diagnostic tool for testing the vascular system. He pioneered telephone transmission of electrocardiograms and the clinical application of thermography. Author of five books and more than 300 articles on cardiovascular disease, Winsor also founded the Memorial Heart Research Foundation in Los Angeles. Outside the medical field, Winsor wrote songs, with 12 published, performed magic at the Magic Castle and sailed with the Lake Arrowhead Yacht Club. On Wednesday at Lake Arrowhead of a stroke.