Artificial Heart Coming to Robert Wood Johnson

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Event: Press Conference via Conference Call: Artificial Heart Coming to Robert Wood Johnson

Date/Time: Today - Wednesday, September 6, 2006, 3:00 p.m.

Mark Anderson, MD, the hospital’s chief of the Section of Cardiac Surgery and an associate professor of surgery at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolNEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital will be one of the few hospitals in the nation to offer the first fully-implantable artificial heart. A conference call for news media has been scheduled for 3 p.m. today, Wednesday, September 6, 2006, with Mark Anderson, MD, the hospital’s chief of the Section of Cardiac Surgery and an associate professor of surgery at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

The AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart, made by Abiomed, was approved for use yesterday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The company has identified Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland, and Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky as the first sites where the heart will be offered.

Members of the news media who wish to participate may do so by first contacting the hospital’s Department of Public and Community Affairs at (732) 937-8520.

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