Leonard Lee Bailey
Leonard Lee Bailey | |
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| Born | Leonard Lee Bailey 28 August 1942 Takoma Park, Maryland, United States |
| Died | 12 May 2019 (aged 76) Redlands, California, United States |
| Education | Columbia Union College Loma Linda University |
| Known for | transplanting the heart of a baboon into a dying infant in 1984 |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Surgeon |
| Institutions | Loma Linda University Medical Center |
| Sub-specialties | Cardiothoracic surgery Heart transplantation |
Leonard Lee Bailey (1942–2019) was an American surgeon who garnered international media attention in 1984 for transplanting a baboon’s heart into a human infant.[1]
Bailey was born on August 28, 1942, in Takoma Park, Maryland. In 1964, he graduated from Columbia Union College, and he earned a medical degree from Loma Linda University, School of Medicine in 1969. During the 1970s, during his residency at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, Bailey observed that many children died from congenital heart diseases. This led him to return to Loma Linda University in 1976 as assistant professor at the School of Medicine. There he performed more than 200 experimental heart transplants on young mammals so he could see if there was the possibility of transplantation in young mammals.[2]
On October 26, 1984, Bailey and his team at Loma Linda University Medical Center transplanted a baboon's heart into Baby Fae, as she became known to the media. This was supported by many, but it caused a lot of controversy on many groups because it was considered unethical. Baby Fae died 21 days later. Her case is still discussed to this day.[3]
Bailey became recognized for transplantation and all types of pediatric and infant-open heart surgeries.[4] Bailey died on May 12, 2019, of neck and throat cancer.[5]
References
- ^ "Iconic "Baby Fae" Surgeon Leonard Bailey Dies at Age 76". SPECTRUM. May 13, 2019.
- ^ Grady, Denise (May 22, 2019). "Dr. Leonard Bailey, Who Gave a Baby a Baboon's Heart, Dies at 76". The New York Times.
- ^ "Iconic 'Baby Fae' surgeon Bailey dies at age 76". Loma Linda University Health. May 12, 2019.
- ^ Langer, Emily (May 16, 2019). "Leonard Bailey, transplant surgeon who gave 'Baby Fae' a baboon heart, dies at 76". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Surgeon Who Transplanted a Baboon's Heart Into a Human Infant Dead at 76". Adventist Review. May 13, 2019.
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- American Seventh-day Adventists
- Seventh-day Adventists in health science
- Physicians from Maryland
- 20th-century surgeons
- 20th-century American physicians
- 1942 births
- 2019 deaths
- People from Takoma Park, Maryland
- Loma Linda University alumni
- American transplant surgeons
- Deaths from cancer in California
- Deaths from throat cancer