Xenotransplantation Expert Discusses History, Present, and Future of the Field

The latest episode of The House of Surgery podcast features Dr. Bartley P. Griffith, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the University of Maryland Medical System in Baltimore, who delivered the John H. Gibbon Jr. Lecture at ACS Clinical Congress 2023. In his lecture, “What’s New May Be Old: Xenotransplantation,” Dr. Griffith shares details about the more than 50-year history of xenotransplantation, including his recent experiences with two human xenotransplants of genetically modified pig hearts.