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180 Life Sciences Russell T. Ray and Teresa DeLuca were appointed to the board of directors of 180 Life Sciences. Ray was formerly Managing Director and co-Head of Global Health Care at Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation. More recently, Ray was a Partner and Senior Advisor to HLM Venture Partners, a health care-focused venture capital firm. He currently serves on the board of directors of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. DeLuca comes to 180 Life Sciences as both a public independent board director and former senior executive Chief Medical Officer. Her most recent role was at Columbia University as Managing Director of NY Life Science Venture Fund.
The UTAH Cardiac Transplant Program celebrates 35 years of giving the gift of life
The UTAH Cardiac Transplant Program celebrates 35 years of giving the gift of life.
Posted at 1:29 PM, Dec 31, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-31 15:29:28-05
1,549.
Thatâs the number of live-saving heart transplants the UTAH (Utah Affiliated Transplant Hospitals) Cardiac Transplant Program â a unique collaborative transplant group from Intermountain Healthcare (intermountain Medical Center and Intermountain Primary Childrenâs Hospital), University of Utah Health, and the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Medical Center in Salt Lake City â have performed in the past 35 years.
Patients, family members, clinicians, other caregivers, and community leaders are celebrating the 35
UTAH (Utah Affiliated Transplant Hospitals) Cardiac Transplant Program – a unique collaborative transplant group
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Patients, family members, clinicians, and other caregivers, joined together Wednesday to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the nationally-leading transplant program –- and an amazing 1,549 heart transplants performed in more than three decades of saving lives for patients in Utah and throughout the Intermountain West.
The UTAH Cardiac Transplant Program is one of the most successful collaborative heart transplant programs in the nation and is frequently cited as a model for other transplant programs.
The UTAH Cardiac Transplant Program surgeons have performed 1,549 successful heart transplants since its first cardiac transplant in 1985 at University of Utah Hospital.