@SteveYangMD

Thoracic Surgeon, Johns Hopkins Hospital Sharing the history of cardiothoracic surgery through #Histweet

 Baltimore, MD
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Joined July 2011
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Happy 102nd birthday to my phenomenal Dad smarter and brilliant than anyone I know!
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Last day for Early Bird registration for STSA Annual Meeting. Featuring Betty Tong as Trinkle Lecturer and Anthony Fauci as invited guest speaker. Go to STSA.org to register and review program! Hurry rooms selling fast!
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On this day 100 years ago, my incredible father was born. Blessed to have him still head our family and just published his FREE book loosely based on his life. How many 100 yr old authors do you know? You can find it here play.google.com/store/books/… HAPPY 100th Dad!!!
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Come by for free cupcakes next Sat 11/18/2023 at @cakebyjason! Lung cancer awareness and survivorship!
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Congrats to Dan Miller on his successful @OfficialSTSA Presidency! Thanks to everyone for all the warm wishes. I’m blessed to be surround by spectacular students, residents, fellows and colleagues. Can’t wait for Austin 2024!!!
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Going from “Intern of the Year” to Apple Award in 1 year…making progress! So humbled and honored by both and extremely very proud of my @HopkinsCTSurg fellows. I remain so blessed to be surrounded by talented and caring friends and colleagues.
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Congrats to @HopkinsCTSurg grads @HH__Wang & Bryon 🎉, the newest inductees of the prestigious Blalock Society. A wonderful celebration with faculty (including @AhmetKilicMD & @SteveYangMD - 2023 Golden Apple Teaching Award Winners), previous graduates, and friends!
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On Feb 29 in 2020, Chen Jingyu performed the world's first double-lung transplant for a COVID-19 infected patient in Wuxi People's Hospital, Jiangsu Province. #CTSurgery
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On this day in 1964, it is regarded that Kolesov, a Russian pioneer, was the first surgeon to perform a successful coronary bypass operation using suture anastomosis between RIMA and the RCA. #CTSurgery
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[1/2] On this day in 1977, Orringer performed the first transhiatal esophagectomy (THE) without thoracotomy and a cervical esophagogastric anastomosis (CEGA). loom.ly/LuT862s
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[2/2] The theoretical advantages of the approach were (1) avoidance of a thoracotomy and (2) placement of the anastomosis in the neck. Sequelae associated with a postoperative leak in the neck translated to a relatively benign salivary fistula rather than mediastinitis.
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On this day in 1965, the first STS annual meeting was held at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis. 26 scientific papers were presented (12 on adult cardiac, 12 on general thoracic, and 1 on CHD and transplantation). Registration was $10, and 411 people attended. #CTSurgery
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On this day in 1964, James Hardy transplanted the heart of a chimpanzee into Boyd Rush. Hardy used a defibrillator to shock the heart. It restarted beating for 60 to 90 minutes (sources differ), but he unfortunately passed away without regaining consciousness. #CTSurgery
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On this day in 1979, Terence English performed the first successful heart transplant in the UK. The recipient was a 52 yo builder from London. He was a smoker with peripheral vascular disease and a duodenal cancer. He lived more than 5 years post transplant. #CTSurgery
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[1/2] On this day in 2022, Dr. Bartley Griffith completed the first successful transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart into a human patient.
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[2/2] The operation was completed at the Univeristy of Maryland Medical Center and the recipient was a 57 year old man with terminal heart disease who did not qualify for human heart transplant.
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On this day in 1968, Norman Shumway performed the first successful heart transplant in the US at Stanford. The receipient was a 54 yo steel worker, and lived for 14 days. The landmark operation created a burst of enthusiasm for heart transplantation. #CTSurgery
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[1/4] JANUARY: How much CT surg history do you know? Today, we are asking questions on historical events that occurred this month. Please answer 3 poll questions without researching. After viewing events this month, questions will be reposted again. All questions in this thread.
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[3/4] QUESTION 2: Norman Shumway performed the first US transplant of this organ. Which organ was this?
70%Heart
19%Kidney
8%Lung
3%Pancreas
113 votes • Final results
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[4/4] QUESTION 3: This doctor performed the first successful heart transplant in the UK. Who was he?
13%Terrence English
14%Joel Cooper
49%Magdi Yacoub
23%James Hardy
99 votes • Final results
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