Board of Trustees Report to the Constituencies 1997


Heart transplantation

Through the vision and dedication of Leonard L. Bailey, MD, chair, department of surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center has become world-renowned as the leader in infant and pediatric heart transplantation.

While Baby Emanuel slept at a press conference, Oliver and Naza Lazarevski, their daughter Zora, and Joyce Johnston, RN, director of the cardiac transplant program, share a light moment in answer to a question from the media. The Lazarevskis came from Sweden in hopes of receiving a heart transplant for their baby. After waiting three months, Emanuel received a heart transplant on January 9, 1998.

Statistics
As of December 31, 1997, 388 patients have received a cardiac transplant.

• 66 adults
• 102 children (ages six months to 18 years)
• 220 infants (younger than six months of age)

Of all pediatric patients (younger than age 18) who received a heart transplant, 75 percent are alive today.

Of all infants younger than 30 days of age who received a heart transplant, 76 percent are alive today.

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