In a first for medicine, surgeons at NYU Langone Health perform combination surgery to implant a mechanical heart pump, called an LVAD, and transplant a genetically engineered pig kidney in a 54-year-old woman. Before the procedures, the patient faced heart failure and end-stage kidney disease. The FDA approved the pig-to-human organ transplant, called xenotransplantation, through its “compassionate use” program. Dr. Robert Montgomery, chair of the Department of Surgery and director of the NYU Langone Transplant Institute, explains the surgeries. 0:00 Heart Failure and Kidney Disease 0:20 Pig Kidney Xenotransplant 0:44 Good News from the FDA 1:05 A Combination Procedure 1:43 Paving the Way for Future Patients Find out how the NYU Langone Transplant Institute is making a difference in people’s lives: nyulangone.org/locations/nyu-langone-transplant-institute Read more about our LVAD Program: nyulangone.org/care-services/lvad-program Learn about Dr. Robert Montgomery: h...