Bartley P. Griffith

Bartley P. Griffith
Griffith in 2022
Born	1949
Nationality	American
Education	Bucknell University (1970),[1] Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University (MD) (1974)
Known for	First successful heart transplant (about 2 month survival) from a pig to a human patient; the pig had been genetically modified to work better
Medical career
Profession	Surgeon
Field	Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Institutions	University of Maryland Medical Center University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Sub-specialties	Cardiothoracic surgery Heart transplantation Lung transplantation Cardiac surgery

Griffith during a transplant operation

Bartley P. Griffith (born 1949) is an American heart surgeon.[2]

Griffith joined Muhammad Mohiuddin's MD Xenoheart laboratory in 2018. Together, they were able to demonstrate that the heart of a genetically altered pig could support life when transplanted into an orthotopic position in the chest for up to 9 months. Griffith and Mohiuddin performed the first successful xenotransplantation of a genetically modified pig heart to a human on January 7, 2022.[3] The recipient was 57-year-old David Bennett Sr. The procedure occurred at the University of Maryland Medical Center.[4] Due to complications, David Bennett Sr died on March 8, 2022.[5]

On September 20, 2023, Bartley P. Griffith performed his second pig heart transplant.[6]

See also

• Christiaan Barnard
• Xenotransplantation
• Heart transplantation
• Dhaniram Baruah

References

1. "Going After Good". July 2022.
2. "Griffith, Bartley". University of Maryland School of Medicine. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
3. Deborah Kotz (January 10, 2022). "University of Maryland School of Medicine Faculty Scientists and Clinicians Perform Historic First Successful Transplant of Porcine Heart into Adult Human with End-Stage Heart Disease". University of Maryland School of Medicine. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
4. "Man gets genetically-modified pig heart in world-first transplant". BBC News. 11 January 2022.
5. Debora Kotz (9 March 2022). "In Memoriam - David Bennett, Sr". University of Maryland Medical School. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
6. "Groundbreaking transplant of pig heart into living recipient is performed for the second time ever. CNN, 24 september 2023".

External links

• Bartley P. Griffith on Shady Side Academy.
• Bartley P. Griffith tells about the transplant.