The Transplant Experience Nova : Season 3 Episode 12
TV-PG PBS 1h 00m int(0)
Aired: April 11th, 1976 @ 9:00 PM EST on PBS
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.