Biography of dr leonard bailey baby fae
Baboon heart vs human heart In , in a desperate attempt to save the life of a baby girl, Dr. Bailey performed the first cross-species infant heart transplant. Born three weeks early, Stephanie Fae (known as Baby Fae) was diagnosed with % lethal hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Infant heart transplant waiting list Leonard Bailey, MD, the renowned Loma Linda University Health surgeon who garnered international media attention in for transplanting a baboon’s heart into a human infant known as “Baby Fae,” the research from which spawned human-to-human infant heart transplants and other cardiac treatment breakthroughs, died on Sunday, May 12,
First baboon heart transplant
From News Release, | Dr. Leonard Bailey, the renowned Adventist surgeon at Loma Linda University (LLU) who garnered international media attention in for transplanting a baboon’s heart into a human infant known as “Baby Fae,” died yesterday at the age of 76, following a battle with cancer.On October 26, 1984, he Dr. Leonard Bailey and his team perform surgery on “Baby Fae” on Oct. 26, “We wouldn’t be where we are if it weren’t for Baby Fae,” Dr. Bailey had told the New York Times in.