The doctor who performed first artificial heart transplant, is no more
Q. Who performed the world’s first artificial heart transplant?- Published on 21 Nov 16a. Denton Smith
b. Denton Cooley
c. Denton Coleridge
d. Denton Cooper
ANSWER: Denton Cooley
Renowned and eminent heart surgeon
Denton Cooley who performed the world’s first artificial heart transplant in the US has passed away at the
age of 96 in Houston, Texas
- He was the founder of the Texas heart institute and pioneered many techniques used in heart surgery
- He performed 118,000 open heart operations
- He performed the first implantation of a total artificial heart
- He was founder and surgeon in chief of the Texas Heart Institute
- Other posts held by him included chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at St Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, consultant in Cardiovascular Surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital, and a clinical professor of Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Centre at Houston.
- Heart transplant is a surgery to remove the diseased heart from the person, replacing it with a healthy heart from an organ donor
- Two or more healthcare providers must declare the donor brain dead to remove his heart
