Utah to honor President Nelson for 7,000 heart surgeries, cutting-edge research

SALT LAKE CITY — President Russell M. Nelson performed nearly 7,000 operations as a heart surgeon before he set down his scalpel to become an apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Now Utah is going to award the LDS Church president with a lifetime achievement medal for a career spent on the cutting edge of medical innovation.President Nelson will receive the award on June 6 at an event honoring him and the three other winners of the 2018 Governor's Medals for Science