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First Pediatric Heart TransplantThe Children's Hospital at Montefiore's first pediatric heart transplant was performed on five-month-old Adrian Flores from the Bronx. Learn more about the surgery
Thirteen days after his life-saving transplant, Adrian went home with his parents. Learn more
Operation Iraqi HeartsFourteen-year-old Ali Abid Ali, from Iraq, finally made it to the U.S. this week for open-heart surgery to repair a congenital defect.
His operation, delayed for a month because of difficulties obtaining a visa, took place…
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Aguirre Twins
Formerly conjoined twins Carl and Clarence Aguirre, now six-and-a-half years old, are attending kindergarten and doing well.
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We treat the most fragile patients in Montefiore’s medical, surgical, neurological and cardiothoracic intensive care units, but critical care at Montefiore also extends beyond those areas. Our unique "ICU Without Walls" service is a rapid response team of intensivists and respiratory therapists who are on call 24/7 to evaluate and treat patients in need of critical care in other areas of the hospital.
