Lawrence Faucette’s Successful Pig Heart Transplant Marks Medical Milestone
This groundbreaking surgery, performed by Dr. Bartley Griffith of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, marked only the second time this procedure has been attempted on a human. Lawrence Faucette, a 58-year-old patient with end-stage heart disease, has successfully undergone an innovative procedure involving a genetically modified pig heart transplant Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin, director…