OHSU’s First Heart Transplant

The other day I happened across some amazing footage that’s more than two decades old.

It’s news coverage of the first human heart transplant at OHSU. The surgery happened in December 1985 and the press conference was held in the middle of the night. Here are a few excerpts:

Be sure to be on the lookout for Dr. Albert Starr.

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OHSU has performed hundreds of heart transplants since that time. More info on the program here.

 

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Posted by: Jim Newman in Cardiology
On: Tuesday, November 8, 2011

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  1. Cyndi Schricker June 18th, 2012 at 9:01 am

    Thank you for sharing this!! The recipient, Wesley Merrill, is my father.

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Jim Newman

I am the Associate Director for Media Relations in the Oregon Health & Science University Office of Strategic Communications (Now say that three times fast)

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