About

Lidwill Health & Heart Science is an Organisation born from the legacy of Dr Mark Lidwill. Mark Cowley Lidwill (1878 -1969) was an Australian medical pioneer who invented the cardiac pacemaker in 1926.

Dr Lidwill was an eminent Physician, Anaesthetist and Cardiologist. A brilliant world-leading inventor, Lidwill designed and developed medical equipment, apparatus and methodologies which were unique and proved pivotal including the cardiac pacemaker and the “Lidwill Anaesthetic Machine” which he patented in 1921. The Lidwill Machine went into commercial production and was used in hospitals throughout Australia for more than three decades. The invention of the cardiac pacemaker in 1926 by Dr Mark Lidwill is listed as one of 10 Australian inventions that changed the world.

Dr Mark Lidwill’s life story is truly remarkable. Lidwill’s ingenuity and determination were evident in his life’s work and his significant achievements served to improve society and provide a pathway for the betterment of humanity on a global scale. It is in this spirit and with this ethos that the Lidwill Organisation move forward proudly and with conviction to pioneering health and heart science in Australia to the benefit of the world’s population.

Justin Mark Lidwill Littlemore
Chairman of the Lidwill Foundation