Biography:Bartley P. Griffith
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Short description: American heart surgeon
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 |
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
- Christiaan Barnard
- Xenotransplantation
- Heart transplantation
- Dhaniram Baruah
References
- ↑ "Going After Good". July 2022. https://magazine.bucknell.edu/issue/summer-2022/going-after-good/.
- ↑ "Griffith, Bartley". https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/Griffith-Bartley/.
- ↑ 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". https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/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.html.
- ↑ "Man gets genetically-modified pig heart in world-first transplant". BBC News. 11 January 2022. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59944889.
- ↑ Debora Kotz (9 March 2022). "In Memoriam - David Bennett, Sr.". https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2022/IN-MEMORIAM-David-Bennett-Sr.html.
- ↑ "Groundbreaking transplant of pig heart into living recipient is performed for the second time ever. CNN, 24 september 2023.". https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/22/health/pig-heart-transplant-living-patient-second-time-ever/index.html.
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