Head and shoulders image of Dr. John E. Merriman, Assistant Professor of Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. John E. Merriman was born and educated in Hamilton, Ontario, and graduated from Queen’s University in 1947 with the degrees M.D., C.M. In 1954 he joined the University of Saskatchewan as assistant professor of Medicine. For 21 years he was teaching and doing research in Cardiology. Merriman took a sabbatical leave in 1963 to London, England to research computer applications in medicine. He helped pave the way for modern cardiac rehabilitation techniques, when established one of the first cardiac rehabilitation programs at the U of S in 1965. In 1969 Dr. Merriman instituted the first in-hospital cardiac rehabilitation program in the world. In 1975, he left his position as professor of Medicine to become the first appointee in the new College of Medicine at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He died in 2011 in Tulsa.