2012 Event Swedish doctors perform the world's first stem cell assisted vein transplant on a 10-year old girl 2011 Event The first full face transplant is performed by surgeons at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts 2008 Event Claudia Castillo has a successful trachea transplant from stem-cell created organ 2007 Death Robert Goulet, dies in Los Angeles, California, awaiting a lung transplant for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, at 73 2005 Event First human face transplant is performed in France 2001 Death Dr. Christiaan Barnard, surgeon, ", performed the first heart transplant, South Africa 1967, ", dies at 78 1996 Birthday Cheyenne Pyle, California, youngest heart transplant patient, 90 minutes old 1996 Event Frank, brother of Yank manager Joe Torre, receives a heart transplant 1995 Event AIDS patient Jeff Getty recieves baboon bone marrow transplant 1995 Event Larry Hagman receives a liver transplant 1994 Death M Vink, surgeon (1st Dutch kidney transplant), dies at 78 1994 Event Jim Nabors undergoes a liver transplant 1993 Event Doctors recommend ligament transplant to Jose Canseco's arm 1992 Event John Phillips, rocker (Mamas and Papas), undergoes a liver transplant 1987 Event 1st heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore) 1986 Event Mrs Davina Thompson makse medical history by having the 1st heart, lung and liver transplant (Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England) 1984 Event "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days 1984 Death Holly Roffey, youngest heart transplant, dies at 4 weeks 1984 Event Holly Roffey (11 days) gets heart transplant 1984 Birthday Holly Roffey, Englnd, youngest heart transplant 1984 Event 6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart and liver transplant 1975 Event 1st televised kidney transplant on the Today Show 1974 Death Louis B Russell, Jr., longest living heart transplant, dies at 49 1969 Event 1st human eye transplant performed 1968 Event 1st European lung transplant 1968 Event Dr. N E Shumway performs 1st U.S. adult cardiac transplant operation 1968 Event Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant 1967 Death Louis Washkansky, 18 days after 1st heart transplant, dies at 55 1967 Event 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr. Christian Barnard, South Africa) 1963 Event Dr. James Campbell performed the 1st human nerve transplant 1950 Event 1st kidney transplant, Chicago 1923 Birthday Norman E. Shumway, born in Michigan, pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon 1922 Birthday Christiaan Barnard, South Africa, surgeon, perform 1st heart transplant 1920 Birthday Denton Cooley, Houston, heart surgeon, 1st artifical heart transplant
