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Pgm #04: Artificial Heart

April 11, 2007
Dr. Rohinton Morris,
Surgical Director, Penn Medicine Heart Transplant program

Dr. Rohinton J. Morris, in this presentation shares his experiences in surgically replacing the human heart with a mechanical replacement at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. This was the first time the device was used as a total heart replacement in the Northeastern United States. His presentation is before an audience of heart transplant recipients, several of whom were transplanted by Dr. Morris.