Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi surgeons complete the UAE’s first full heart transplant, 2017.

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I was called about the donor 48 hours before the transplant surgery. It was … the 50th anniversary of the world’s first heart transplant in 1967, and also the day the UAE was celebrating its 46th National Day.
— Program Director Dr. Feras Bader, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi