Jewish Hospital, University of Louisville, Kleinert Kutz team performs nation’s third successful hand transplant on Nov. 29
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | November 30, 2006 |
| FOR MORE INFORMATION: |
Jeff Polson |
| WHAT | News conference regarding the nation’s third successful hand transplant |
| WHERE | Jewish Hospital Rudd Heart & Lung Center, Hank Wagner Conference Center, 16th Floor, 200 Abraham Flexner Way, Louisville, KY. |
| WHEN | Nov. 30, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. The news conference will be up-linked via delayed satellite coordinates C-Band, Satellite AMC 6 Transponder 21@ 72 degrees West, Downlink Frequency 4120. The signal will be available at 1:00 p.m. (EST), Thursday, Nov. 30, for one hour, Audio Channel 1 = 6.2, Audio Channel: 2 = 6.8. For any uplink issues please contact M&S Works, Jeff Sexton, at (502) 540-5301. |
| WHO | Physicians responsible for performing the nation’s third successful hand transplant will address the media during a press briefing, which will include information on the hand transplant, patient condition, details about the surgery and the surgical team. |
| SPEAKERS | Warren C. Breidenbach, M.D., a partner and hand surgeon with Kleinert Kutz and assistant clinical professor of surgery at the University of Louisville; Kadiyala V. Ravindra, M.D., assistant professor of Surgery at the University of Louisville; Robert L. Shircliff, president and CEO, Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare (JHSMH); Susan Ildstad, M.D., director of the Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, the Jewish Distinguished Professor of Transplantation, and professor of Surgery at the University of Louisville; and Mr. Paul O’Flynn, executive director of the Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates (KODA). |
| ON SITE CONTACTS | Jeff Polson, Director of Marketing/External Relations, JHSMH |