NOVA S3E12 · The Transplant Experiment

NOVA

Season 3 · Episode 12 · The Transplant Experiment · 55 min

Dr. Norman Shumway of Stanford University has performed more heart transplants than any other heart surgeon. NOVA explores those extraordinary days in 1968-69 when it appeared that everyone with a scalpel was doing heart transplants, and survival of patients was measured in days.