Felix Unger Author

A pioneer of cardiovascular medicine, and the author of more than 400 scientific and medical publications, Felix Unger is one of the world's foremost heart specialists. He is the inventor of Ellipsoidherz, a substance that enabled him to perform Europe's first artificial heart transplant in 1986. Dr Unger graduated in 1971 from the University of Vienna and is currently President of both the Academy of Sciences and Arts and the European Institute of Health. Daisaku Ikeda is President of Soka Gakkai International, a Buddhist network that actively promotes peace, culture and education, whose members come from over 190 countries worldwide. He is the author of more than 100 books on Buddhist themes, and he received the United Nations Peace Award in 1983.