Background
O'Kane, Hugh Oliver was born on November 21, 1935 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Son of Felix Thomas and Margaret Mary (McKeever) Kane.
O'Kane, Hugh Oliver was born on November 21, 1935 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Son of Felix Thomas and Margaret Mary (McKeever) Kane.
Bachelor of Science in Physiology with honors, Queens University, Belfast, 1957. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of the Arts of Obstetrics, Queens University, Belfast, 1960. Master of Surgery, Queens University, Belfast, 1969.
House officer, Mater Hospital, Belfast, 1960-1961; physiology demonstrator, Queens U., 1961-1962; senior house officer, City Hospital, Belfast, 1962-1964; surgical registrar, Hospitals Authority, Northern Ireland, 1964-1965; senior surgical registrar, Hospitals Authority, Northern Ireland, 1965-1967; surgical research fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1967-1969; resident in cardiothoracic surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1969-1971; assistant professor surgery, member of staff, Washington University/Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, 1971-1973; consultant cardiac surgeon, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, since 1973.
Member British Cardiac Society, Irish Cardiac Society, Society Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, European Association Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Mayo Clinic Alumni Association.
Married; children: Aisling, Hugh, Garrett, Anna.