Leading NYC Surgeon Performs 2 Pig-to-Human Heart Transplants

A leading surgeon at New York University Langone Health recently performed two exploratory transplants of a genetically engineered non-human organ. This achievement could be a game-changer in the future of medicine. NBC New York.

There is currently a shortage of organs. More than 100 men, women and children are on the transplant waiting list in the US, according to the Health Administration.

On June 16 and July 6, transplants took place using a genetically modified pig heart. It was with 10 modifications. And they got it at a facility hundreds of miles from New York.

Dr. Robert Montgomery is Chief of Surgery at NYU Langone Health and Director of the Transplant Institute. He and his colleagues are involved in kidney, heart, liver, lung and pancreas transplants.

“Getting deep understanding, learning, changing tactics is a whole new frontier,” Dr. Montgomery said during a July 12 press conference. And thanked the families who accepted these transplants.

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In September 2021, a team led by Robert Montgomery performed the first human kidney xenotransplantation. The organ of a genetically modified pig was received by a patient who was diagnosed with brain death. The research team looked for signs of rejection while the patient was on a ventilator. This was a breakthrough in the world of transplantation.

Professor Montgomery himself lives with a donor heart. In 2017, he experienced seven cardiac arrests and was in a coma for a month. Robert says that this was a turning point in his life.