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DID YOU KNOW
Chicago! Heart transplant trailblazers
Chicago has played a significant role in the history of heart transplants. The world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant was performed in South Africa in 1967, but Chicago was one of the early centers for heart transplant surgeries in the United States. In 1968, Dr. Christiaan Barnard, the surgeon who performed the first successful heart transplant, visited Chicago to speak at a medical conference. His visit sparked interest in the medical community, and the following year, Dr. Richard Lower, a surgeon at the Medical College of Virginia, came to Chicago to perform the city's first heart transplant.
Since then, Chicago has been a hub for heart transplant surgeries, with several hospitals in the city performing hundreds of heart transplants every year. In 1984, the Northwestern Memorial Hospital performed the world's first successful heart-liver transplant, and in 1992, the University of Chicago Medical Center performed the world's first successful heart-lung-liver-kidney transplant.
Today, Chicago remains a leader in heart transplant research and technology, with several hospitals and medical centers in the city at the forefront of developing new treatments and techniques to improve the success rates of heart transplants.
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