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Pioneering transplant surgeon
Established the Northern Indiana Heart Institute in 1984, and performed the first heart transplant there in 1985. The first Jarvik-7 Total Artificial Heart followed in 1987. Lung and heart-lung transplants were next. At one point in time, nine of the world’s 22 longest-living heart transplant patients had received their new hearts under Dr. Schatzlein’s direction....
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January 1, 1970
End Date:
January 1, 1970
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Established the Northern Indiana Heart Institute in 1984, and performed the first heart transplant there in 1985. The first Jarvik-7 Total Artificial Heart followed in 1987. Lung and heart-lung transplants were next. At one point in time, nine of the world’s 22 longest-living heart transplant patients had received their new hearts under Dr. Schatzlein’s direction. His team also published work expanding the indications for transplantation to older patients and to patients with cured previous cancer.