Jazz Jam for Jefferson Heart Failure Program
Musician Tony “TNT” Jones has performed across the globe for 40 years. Last year he flew home to Philadelphia in active heart failure for care at Jefferson.
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Six Decades Innovating Heart Care
On May 6, 1953, Jefferson’s John H. Gibbon, Jr., MD, performed the first successful open heart surgery with the groundbreaking heart-lung machine he developed launching a new era in cardiac surgery.
A Heart Transplant Gives Man a Second Chance
Needing surgery to help him survive until he could get a heart transplant, Larry K. gets a special surprise as he’s being prepped for a ventricular assist device.
A Full Circle of the Gift of Life
Mrs. Kless and heart transplant recipient Joseph Brown, Jr., joined Jefferson and The Gift of Life Donor Program to commemorate National Donate Life Month, a time to honor organ, eye and tissue donors and to celebrate the impact of their gifts of life.
Leading-Edge Heart Failure Care
Jefferson’s team of cardiologists, interventional cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons and other specialists treat the full range of heart disease including the advanced heart failure patients.