UAB Synopsis, Vol. 24, No. 5, February 14, 2005
Lionel M. Bargeron, Jr., MD, who served as professor of pediatrics and director of pediatric cardiology at UAB from 1966 until his retirement in 1989, died January 9 at age 81. A graduate of the Medical College of Alabama, he completed residency training at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York and a U.S. Public Research Fellowship.
Dr. Bargeron was a superb diagnostician and teacher and, along with UAB colleagues, developed the technique of axial biplane cineangiography for evaluation of congenital heart disease, which is now standard practice.
In 1991, Dr. Bargeron delivered the 28th Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Remembrance of Things Past," and in 1993 the University of Alabama Board of Trustees named the Pediatric Cardiology Suite in the New Hillman Building in his honor. In 1966, the board established the Lionel M. Bargeron, Jr., MD, Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology. He was the author of numerous landmark articles and texts on pediatric cardiology, as well as a devoted student of French and the works of Marcel Proust.
The family suggests donations to the L. M. Bargeron Memorial Division of Pediatric Cardiology, NHB 320, 620 20th St S, Birmingham, AL 35249.