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Jeff Richardson, First Heart Transplant Recipient

Jeff Richardson, First Heart Transplant Recipient

On July 7, 1986, Jeff became the first patient to undergo heart transplant surgery at the Medical Center. The 17-year-old had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure and was given only three months to live unless he received a new heart. By July 1987, six other heart transplants had been performed. Five survived. Dr. Barry Hackshaw, a cardiologist, was in charge of the transplant program at the time the transplants were performed.

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Description source: Topics 1986 & Topics 1987.
created
00/00/1986
creator
Kerr
description
On July 7, 1986, Jeff became the first patient to undergo heart transplant surgery at the Medical Center. The 17-year-old had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure and was given only three months to live unless he received a new heart. By July 1987, six other heart transplants had been performed. Five survived. Dr. Barry Hackshaw, a cardiologist, was in charge of the transplant program at the time the transplants were performed.
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Photoprint
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DF 322
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nbg/pat/nbg_pat_00322, nbg/pat/nbg_pat_00322-th
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Digital Forsyth NBG PatientCare
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NBG_pat_322
publisher
Coy C. Carpenter Library
rights
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rightsHolder
Wake Forest University
subject
Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works, Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Sources, Digital Forsyth
title
Jeff Richardson, First Heart Transplant Recipient
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