Catherine Price and Dr. Emile Bacha, Chief of the Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia discuss the history of heart surgery, ventricular assist devices, and a new frontier in cardiac surgery: The Total Artificial Heart. Dr. Bacha tells the groundbreaking story of successfully fitting a pediatric patient with a Total Artificial Heart. He explains the nuances of the procedure, and how a backpack-powered heart gave his pediatric patient another chance.

In 2023, Dr. Bacha led a team to complete the first domino infant partial heart transplant in the world. Surgeons in his division also completed the first split-root domino transplant in the northeast, saving the lives of three young patients. Most recently, Dr. Bacha became the 106th president of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery.

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