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| Dylan Stork, who recently celebrated his eighth birthday, received a heart transplant at Loma Linda University Medical Center at the age of seven weeks. As of July 2008, 487 children and infants have undergone cardiac transplantation surgery at LLUMC/LLUCH. (Photograph reprinted from LIFE Magazine, courtesy Alexander Tsiaras.) | |
Sharon Riesen, MD, pediatric residency program director, with Richard Chinnock, MD, medical director of the Children's Hospital and chair of Loma Linda University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics (right). | |
Loma Linda University Medical Center amid orange groves in the San Bernardino Valley. | |
Snow Valley Ski Resort, one of the ski resorts in the San Bernardino Forest, offers 230 aces of skiable terrain just one hour's drive from LLUCH. Ski season is from Thanksgiving to mid-April. | |
Mountain bikers enjoy the beautiful scenery and challenging terrain of ski resorts in the summer. | |
Palm Springs golf courses: among the best in the world. | |
Mild winters make windsurfing an option all year at Lake Perris. | |
LLUMC's new south wing, where the Children's Hospital is located. | |
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Surgeons operate on Baby Fae, the first patient to receive a xenograft heart. | Transplant surgery |
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