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This is the number of types of transplants performed by Corewell Health West.
4
This is the year the first lung transplant was performed.
1963
The year the first successful heart transplant was performed.
1967
This artist sang My Heart Will Go On.
Celine Dion
This is the most common organ transplant performed in the United States.
Kidney
This is the year Corewell Health completed their first transplant.
2005
This is the location of the first lung transplant.
Mississippi
This location is where the first heart transplant occurred.
Cape Town, South Africa
This character from The Wizard of Oz wanted a heart.
The Tin Man
The world's first successful multi organ transplant occurred in 1966 with these two organs.
Kidney and pancreas
This is the number of heart and lung transplant surgeons on our team.
5
This is the number of lung transplants completed at Corewell Health.
501
The total number of heart transplants Corewell Health has done.
319
This character is known for having a heart two sizes too small.
The Grinch
This organ can regenerate after a portion is removed.
Liver
This new organ transplant program is planned to start this year.
Adult kidney
This country has done the most lung transplants.
United States
This surgeon performed the first successful heart transplant.
Christiaan Barnard
This Bee Gees song became one of the most recognizable songs associated with the disco era.
Stayin' Alive
In 2023 surgeons performed the first successful transplant of this organ as part of a face transplant.
eye transplant
This is the total number of post heart and lung transplant patients we currently care for.
671
This technique allows doctors to evaluate and sometimes improve donor lungs while they are outside the human body.
ex vivo lung perfusion
Although rarely performed, in this type of transplant the recipient keeps their original heart along with the donor heart.
Heterotopic heart transplant
This musical group sang Every Breath You Take.
The Police
This state has performed the most transplants.
California