50 Years of Transforming Lives: The History and Future of Heart Transplant at Stanford
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- In 1968, the very concept of transplanting a beating heart from one human to another seemed like science fiction. A visionary Stanford cardiothoracic surgeon named Dr. Norman E. Shumway set about to change that; and in the process created the standard by which nearly 2,000 life-saving surgeries are performed annually today. However Shumway’s legacy is cemented not only for those three hours of surgery in January 1968, but in his team’s decades-long commitment to further transforming transplant protocols and the translational science to lower patient rejection and increase survival rate.Led by Dr. Joseph Woo, the current chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford, this remarkable session featured insights from several pioneering leaders in the field who were trainees on Dr. Shumway’s team, including one of the first females in cardiovascular medicine, the inventor of the first mechanical heart device, as well as Shumway’s partner in the first-ever heart-lung transplant. The panelists explored the impact of this historic innovation at Stanford on human health and discussed the extraordinary new directions in cardiovascular medicine that Stanford is leading today.
Description
| Type of resource | moving image |
|---|---|
| Extent | 1 video file |
| Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
| Date created | May 22, 2018 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
Creators/Contributors
| Sponsor | Stanford Historical Society | |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker | Woo, Joseph | |
| Speaker | Hunt, Sharon | |
| Speaker | Oyer, Phil | |
| Speaker | Reitz, Bruce A. |
Subjects
| Subject | Stanford University |
|---|---|
| Genre | Lectures |
Bibliographic information
| Finding Aid | |
|---|---|
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/rt831rk5644 |
| Location | SC0683 |
| Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (universityarchives@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Collection
Stanford Historical Society program recordings, 1997-2022
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