Baylor surgeons perform first multi-organ transplant involving heart at Houston VA

Dr. Alexander Schutz, assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dr. Alexis Shafii, associate professor of surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Transplant and Circulatory Support, and Dr. Ronald Cotton, associate professor of surgery in the Division of Abdominal Transplantation, performed the first multi-organ transplant involving the heart at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston in July. Simultaneous liver and kidney transplants have happened since 2014, but this was the first time adding the heart in a multi-organ transplant at the MEDVAMC. Read the full story from Baylor College of Medicine.