Contacts:
Susan Gregg-Hanson, (206) 616-6730/ cell: (206) 390-3226 / sghanson@u.washington.edu
Clare Hagerty, (206) 685-1323/ cell: (206) 953-8532 / clareh@u.washington.edu
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 9:
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medical Center performs 500th heart and 500th lung transplants
WHO: ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medicine heart and lung surgeons and the 500th heart and 500th lung transplant recipients, including:
- Karla Cox, 55, Tri-Cities, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøMC’s 500th lung transplant recipient
- Dr. Michael Mulligan, Cox’s surgeon and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø associate professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøMC
- Nicholas Bear, 24, Everett, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøMC’s 500th heart transplant recipient
- Dr. Gabriel Aldea, Bear’s surgeon and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø professor of surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøMC
- Dr. Nahush Mokadam, surgical director, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøMC
WHAT: ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medicine surgeons and the 500th heart and 500th lung transplant patient recipients will discuss their medical diagnoses and road to recovery. The transplants took place at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medical Center on April 17, 2009, and May 8, 2009, respectively. Also in attendance will be Nicholas Bear’s wife, Gwen Bear, and Karla Cox’s husband, Dave Cox.
WHEN: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 / 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
WHERE: ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medical Center Surgery Pavilion, 1st floor, room SP1122*
1959 NE Pacific St.
Seattle, WA 98195
*located directly behind the 1st floor elevators and spiral staircase, to the left; free parking available in the Surgery Pavilion parking garage (show press credentials).
Founded in 1959, the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medical Center has been a leader in organ transplantation in the Northwest for nearly 42 years. The first kidney transplant in the region took place at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøMC in 1968, the first heart transplant in 1985, the first liver transplant in 1990, the first pancreas-only transplant in 1991, and the first lung transplant in 1992.
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