- Bernard Lown, MD, inventor of the direct-current defibrillator, will likely be featured on the U.S. dollar coin in 2024.
- Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Children’s Hospital implanted its first artificial heart into a 5-month-old girl with severe heart failure.
- Hattiesburg, Miss.-based Forrest Health and Hattiesburg Clinic partnered to open Mississippi’s first outpatient heart surgery center.
- Minneapolis-based cardiologist Elizabeth Klodas, MD, created foods designed to fight heart disease.
- Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute’s heart transplant team is using technology that keeps hearts viable for up to eight hours, instead of the traditional four.
- Cardiologists at Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health performed what is believed to be the world’s first partial heart transplant by fusing the arteries and valves from a freshly donated heart onto an existing heart.
At the Becker's 23rd Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC + The Future of Spine Conference, taking place June 11-13 in Chicago, spine surgeons, orthopedic leaders and ASC executives will come together to explore minimally invasive techniques, ASC growth strategies and innovations shaping the future of outpatient spine care. Apply for complimentary registration now.
- Bernard Lown, MD, inventor of the direct-current defibrillator, will likely be featured on the U.S. dollar coin in 2024.
- Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Children’s Hospital implanted its first artificial heart into a 5-month-old girl with severe heart failure.
- Hattiesburg, Miss.-based Forrest Health and Hattiesburg Clinic partnered to open Mississippi’s first outpatient heart surgery center.
- Minneapolis-based cardiologist Elizabeth Klodas, MD, created foods designed to fight heart disease.
- Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute’s heart transplant team is using technology that keeps hearts viable for up to eight hours, instead of the traditional four.
- Cardiologists at Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health performed what is believed to be the world’s first partial heart transplant by fusing the arteries and valves from a freshly donated heart onto an existing heart.
At the Becker's 23rd Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC + The Future of Spine Conference, taking place June 11-13 in Chicago, spine surgeons, orthopedic leaders and ASC executives will come together to explore minimally invasive techniques, ASC growth strategies and innovations shaping the future of outpatient spine care. Apply for complimentary registration now.
