Lung Transplant

Lung Transplant

In 1963, Hardy led the team which first performed the human lung transplant in University of Mississippi Medical Center. On January 23, 1964, he performed the first heart transplant, in which the heart of a chimpanzee, a genetically closer animal, was transplanted into the chest of Boyd Rush (age 68), who was dying, as a last effort trying to save him, as no human heart was available. Rush died after 90 minutes. Hardy dealt with severe criticism for performing the transplant, but the operation manifested the possibility of human heart transplantation. Three years later, the first successful human-to-human heart transplantation was performed in 1967 by Christiaan Neethling Barnard. Hardy also led the team responsible for performing a double-lung transplant that left the heart in place, in 1987.Hardy wrote 24 books, 139 book chapters, 466 papers, and produced over 200 films. Vishnevsky Institute, Moscow honored him in 1971 for his pioneering work in organ transplantation and awarded him two medals for lung transplant and heart, respectively. He has served as President of the Society of University Surgeons, the Society of Surgical Chairmen, the Southern Surgical Association, the American College of Surgeons, the American Surgical Association and the International Society of Surgery

Lung Transplant

Lung Transplant

Lung Transplant

Lung Transplant

Lung Transplant

Lung Transplant

Lung Transplant

Lung Transplant

Lung Transplant

Lung Transplant

Lung Transplant

Lung Transplant

Lung Transplant

Lung Transplant