The first artificial pacemaker was invented by Australian anaesthesiologist Dr Mark C Lidwell, and was used by him to resuscitate a newborn baby at the Crown Street Women's Hospital, Sydney, in 1926.
Dr. Mark C Lidwell, an Australian anaesthesiologist, developed the first artificial pacemaker, which he used to bring back circulation in a newborn baby at the Crown Street Women's Hospital in Sydney in 1926.