Bartley_P._Griffith

Bartley P. Griffith

Bartley P. Griffith

American heart surgeon (born 1949)

Bartley P. Griffith (born 1949) is an American heart surgeon.[2]

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Griffith during a transplant operation

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Going After Good". July 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Griffith, Bartley". University of Maryland School of Medicine. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    "Man gets genetically-modified pig heart in world-first transplant". BBC News. 11 January 2022.
  5. [5]
    Debora Kotz (9 March 2022). "In Memoriam - David Bennett, Sr". University of Maryland Medical School. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Groundbreaking transplant of pig heart into living recipient is performed for the second time ever. CNN, 24 september 2023".


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