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James Hardy was an American surgeon associated with the University of Mississippi Medical Center and a pioneer of thoracic transplantation. In 1963, his team performed the first human lung transplant; the recipient survived for eighteen days. In 1964, Hardy also transplanted a chimpanzee heart into a human patient in an early cardiac xenotransplantation attempt, years before human heart transplantation became clinically established.
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James Hardy ranks #146 of 342 in the Surgeon ranking, behind John Najarian, ahead of Werner Forssmann.
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What happened in James Hardy's first human lung transplant?
Hardy's University of Mississippi team performed the first human lung transplant in 1963. The recipient survived for 18 days, demonstrating that a transplanted lung could function in a person.
Why did James Hardy transplant a chimpanzee heart into a human?
In 1964, Hardy's team faced a dying patient without a suitable human donor heart available. They used a chimpanzee heart, but it was too small to sustain the recipient for long.
Where did James Hardy perform his pioneering transplants?
Both landmark operations were performed at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Hardy chaired surgery there and developed its transplant programme.
Did James Hardy perform the world's first successful human heart transplant?
No. Hardy performed an early cardiac xenotransplant using a chimpanzee heart in 1964, while Christiaan Barnard performed the first human-to-human heart transplant in 1967.
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