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George Lopez had a kidney transplant.. This list of notable organ transplant donors and recipients includes people who were the first to undergo certain organ transplant procedures or were people who made significant contributions to their chosen field and who have either donated or received an organ transplant at some point in their lives, as confirmed by public information.
Barnard performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation in the early morning hours of Sunday 3 December 1967. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] [ 41 ] Louis Washkansky , a 54-year-old grocer who was suffering from diabetes and incurable heart disease , was the patient.
[3] [5] She was awarded "Woman of the Year" by the International Women's Forum in 1990 and was named one of the "Best Doctors in America" for five consecutive years beginning in 1992. In 1994, she was elected national president of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), the first woman to hold the position. [5]
Stormie Dawn Jones (May 30, 1977 – November 11, 1990) was the world's first recipient of a successful simultaneous heart and liver organ transplant. Early life [ edit ]
Donor in the world's first successful human heart transplant Denise Darvall (27 February 1942 – 3 December 1967) [ 1 ] was the donor in the world's first successful human heart transplant , performed at Groote Schuur Hospital , South Africa, by a team of surgeons led by Christiaan Barnard .
Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace a damaged or missing organ. The donor and recipient may be at the same location, or organs may be transported from a donor site to another location.
Nancy L. Ascher is an American surgeon, and the first woman to perform a liver transplant. Ascher specializes in transplant surgery, focusing on end-stage kidney disease, kidney transplantation, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and liver transplantation. [1]
Kaylee Davidson-Olley (born 1987) was the United Kingdom's first successful heart transplant baby when she received a replacement heart at less than one year of age. In 2017 she celebrated her 30th year after the transplant operation; it was her 30th year as the longest surviving heart transplant baby in Europe.