Bartley P. Griffith | |
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| Born | 1949 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Bucknell University (1970),[1] Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University (MD) (1974) |
| Known for | First successful heart transplant (about 2 month survival) from a pig to a human patient; the pig had been genetically modified to work better |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Surgeon |
| Field | Professor of Cardiac Surgery |
| Institutions | University of Maryland Medical Center University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Sub-specialties | Cardiothoracic surgery Heart transplantation Lung transplantation Cardiac surgery |
Griffith during a transplant operation
Bartley P. Griffith (born 1949) is an American heart surgeon.[2]
Griffith joined Muhammad Mohiuddin's MD Xenoheart laboratory in 2018. Together, they were able to demonstrate that the heart of a genetically altered pig could support life when transplanted into an orthotopic position in the chest for up to 9 months. Griffith and Mohiuddin performed the first successful xenotransplantation of a genetically modified pig heart to a human on January 7, 2022.[3] The recipient was 57-year-old David Bennett Sr. The procedure occurred at the University of Maryland Medical Center.[4] Due to complications, David Bennett Sr died on March 8, 2022.[5]
On September 20, 2023, Bartley P. Griffith performed his second pig heart transplant. [6]
See also
References
- ↑ "Going After Good". July 2022.
- ↑ "Griffith, Bartley". University of Maryland School of Medicine. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ↑ Deborah Kotz (January 10, 2022). "University of Maryland School of Medicine Faculty Scientists and Clinicians Perform Historic First Successful Transplant of Porcine Heart into Adult Human with End-Stage Heart Disease". University of Maryland School of Medicine. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ↑ "Man gets genetically-modified pig heart in world-first transplant". BBC News. 11 January 2022.
- ↑ Debora Kotz (9 March 2022). "In Memoriam - David Bennett, Sr". University of Maryland Medical School. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ↑ "Groundbreaking transplant of pig heart into living recipient is performed for the second time ever. CNN, 24 september 2023".
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