Ochsner Children’s announced that Terry D. King, MD, a senior pediatric cardiologist, has been named the 2025 Prince Mahidol Award Laureate in the Field of Medicine. This global honor recognizes King’s pioneering work in developing minimally invasive cardiac treatments, which has aided patients with congenital heart defects worldwide.
In 1975, King and his colleague, Noel Mills, MD, achieved a medical milestone: the first successful non-surgical closure of an atrial septal defect (ASD). Their co-invented device, later known as the King-Mills Cardiac Umbrella, could be inserted through a catheter, eliminating the need for open-heart surgery.