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Where did Kantrowitz's team perform the second heart transplant?

  • Mount Sinai Hospital

  • Harvard Medical School

  • Mayo Clinic

  • Maimonides Medical Center

Answer

The second heart transplant was performed at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, by a team led by Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz. This groundbreaking procedure took place on December 6, 1967, just a few months after the world's first successful human heart transplant, also performed by Dr. Kantrowitz.
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