Leonard L. Bailey
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Leonard L. Bailey a surgeon at Loma Linda University Medical Center
who on October 26, 1984, placed the heart
of a baboon
into the chest of "Baby Fae
", a neonatal infant born with a severe heart defect known as Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
. Her true identity was kept strictly confidential, so the moniker "Baby Fae" was disseminated throughout world media sources until her mother later revealed her full name:Stephanie Fae Beauclair
. Baby Fae only lived 21 days before she died, but this event marked the dawn of infant heart transplants, although baboon and other non-human hearts are no longer used. Still, the additional 21 days was seen as an improvement over the 2-10 day life expectancy of those babies with HLHS.
Dr. Bailey has also performed a number of prominent heart transplantations including Baby Moses and Baby Eve. Baby Moses is the oldest living infant heart transplant recipient. Dr. Bailey was the keynote speaker at the Baccalaureate ceremony
for La Sierra University
on June 13, 2010.
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda University Medical Center is a teaching hospital on the campus of Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California, United States. The medical center serves as a level I trauma center for San Bernardino County and the rest of the Inland Empire. It is one of two closest trauma centers for...
who on October 26, 1984, placed the heart
Heart
The heart is a myogenic muscular organ found in all animals with a circulatory system , that is responsible for pumping blood throughout the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions...
of a baboon
Baboon
Baboons are African and Arabian Old World monkeys belonging to the genus Papio, part of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. There are five species, which are some of the largest non-hominoid members of the primate order; only the mandrill and the drill are larger...
into the chest of "Baby Fae
Baby Fae
Stephanie Fae Beauclair , better known as Baby Fae, was an American infant born in 1984 with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. She became the first infant subject of a xenotransplant procedure, receiving the heart of a baboon. The procedure, performed by Leonard L...
", a neonatal infant born with a severe heart defect known as Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome , is a rare congenital heart defect in which the left ventricle of the heart is severely underdeveloped.-Causes:...
. Her true identity was kept strictly confidential, so the moniker "Baby Fae" was disseminated throughout world media sources until her mother later revealed her full name:Stephanie Fae Beauclair
Baby Fae
Stephanie Fae Beauclair , better known as Baby Fae, was an American infant born in 1984 with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. She became the first infant subject of a xenotransplant procedure, receiving the heart of a baboon. The procedure, performed by Leonard L...
. Baby Fae only lived 21 days before she died, but this event marked the dawn of infant heart transplants, although baboon and other non-human hearts are no longer used. Still, the additional 21 days was seen as an improvement over the 2-10 day life expectancy of those babies with HLHS.
Dr. Bailey has also performed a number of prominent heart transplantations including Baby Moses and Baby Eve. Baby Moses is the oldest living infant heart transplant recipient. Dr. Bailey was the keynote speaker at the Baccalaureate ceremony
Baccalaureate service
A baccalaureate service is a celebration which honors a graduating senior class from a college or high school...
for La Sierra University
La Sierra University
La Sierra University is a Seventh-day Adventist co-educational university accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Adventist Accrediting Association...
on June 13, 2010.