Giancarlo Rastelli

Giancarlo Rastelli (25 June 1933 – 2 February 1970) was an Italian-born cardiac surgeon who worked for the University of Parma and the Mayo Clinic. He was the creator of the Rastelli procedure. He died of cancer at 36 years of age. At the time of his death, he was the head of cardiovascular surgical research at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Rastelli is considered a servant of God by the Catholic Church and the beatification process for him was initiated in 2005.