Bartley P. Griffith (born 1949) is an Americanheart surgeon.^[2]

Bartley P. Griffith
Griffith in 2022
Born	1949
Nationality	American
Education	Bucknell University (1970),[1]Jefferson Medical College,Thomas Jefferson University (MD) (1974)
Known for	First successful heart transplant (about 2 month survival) from a pig to a human patient; the pig had been genetically modified to work better
Medical career
Profession	Surgeon
Field	Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Institutions	University of Maryland Medical Center University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Sub-specialties	Cardiothoracic surgery Heart transplantation Lung transplantation Cardiac surgery

Griffith joined Muhammad Mohiuddin's MD Xenoheart laboratory in 2018. Together, they were able to demonstrate that the heart of a genetically altered pig could support life when transplanted into an orthotopic position in the chest for up to 9 months. Griffith and Mohiuddin performed the first successfulxenotransplantation of agenetically modified pig heart to a human on January 7, 2022.^[3] The recipient was 57-year-old David Bennett Sr. The procedure occurred at theUniversity of Maryland Medical Center.^[4] Due to complications, David Bennett Sr died on March 8, 2022.^[5]

On September 20, 2023, Bartley P. Griffith performed his second pig heart transplant.^[6]

• Christiaan Barnard
• Xenotransplantation
• Heart transplantation
• Dhaniram Baruah

• Bartley P. Griffith on Shady Side Academy.
• Bartley P. Griffith tells about the transplant.