Title:

Doctor checking baby in incubator

Creator:

Friedman, Harold
Martin, Dennis

Date:

6 December 1967

Description:

Taken during the first U.S. heart transplant at the Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York. Here, Dr. Kantrowitz checks his patient preoperatively.

Rights:

Courtesy of Adrian Kantrowitz.

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Genre:

Slides (photographs)

Subject:

Heart Transplantation and Infant

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy ID:

GNBBDZ

NLM ID:

101584941X62

Profiles Collection:

The Adrian Kantrowitz Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584941X62

Story Section:

Replacing Hearts: Left Ventricle Assist Devices and Transplants, 1960-1970