UMMC Issues Statement on Passing of Man Who Received Second Pig Heart Transplant, Mourns Loss of Remarkable Patient, Scientist, Navy Veteran
The University of Maryland Medical Center released a statement on the Oct. 30 passing of Lawrence Faucette, a 58-year-old patient with terminal heart disease who received the world’s second genetically-modified pig heart transplant Sept. 20 in a landmark cardiac xenotransplantation procedure.