Philip Blaiberg

Philip Blaiberg
Born(1909-05-24)24 May 1909
Uniondale, Cape Colony
Died17 August 1969(1969-08-17) (aged 60)

Philip Blaiberg (24 May 1909 – 17 August 1969) was a South African dentist and the third person to receive a heart transplant.[1] On 2 January 1968, in Cape Town, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the third heart transplant in the world on the 59 year old Blaiberg (Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz performed the world's second heart transplant, on a baby in the US, three days after Dr. Barnard performed the first). Blaiberg survived the operation, and continued with his life for 19 months and 15 days before dying from heart complications on 17 August 1969.[2] The success of Blaiberg's heart transplant furthered the progress made in regard to heart transplantation.[3]

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  2. ^ "This Day In History - August 17". South African History Online. Archived from the original on 16 November 2005. Retrieved 7 February 2007.
  3. ^ Cooper, David K.C.; Cooley, Denton A. (4 December 2001). "Christiaan Neethling Barnard: 1922-2001". Circulation. 104 (23). American Heart Association: 2756–2757. doi:10.1161/hc4801.100999. ISSN 0009-7322. Retrieved 20 June 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)