From the day he first stepped into the hospital, Dr. Yvon Baribeau had the makings of a star.
In the operating rooms at Catholic Medical Center, where he started working three decades ago, he was a forceful presence — tall, self-assured, ambitious, tireless, a cardiac specialist who relished the toughest cases and was gifted, peers noted, with “natural” hands that moved swiftly and smoothly through long hours of surgery.
Rebecca Ostriker can be reached at rebecca.ostriker@globe.com. Follow her @GlobeOstriker. Deirdre Fernandes can be reached at deirdre.fernandes@globe.com. Follow her @fernandesglobe. Liz Kowalczyk can be reached at lizbeth.kowalczyk@globe.com. Jonathan Saltzman can be reached at jonathan.saltzman@globe.com. Patricia Wen can be reached at patricia.wen@globe.com. Follow her @GlobePatty.