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8–89 1992–93 1989 The first mechanical circulatory support device implant in Alabama is performed by William Holman, MD. 2006–07 1993 The first double lung transplant in Alabama is performed by David McGiffin, MD, and George Zorn, MD. 1992 The first neonatal heart transplant in the Southeast is performed by James K. Kirklin, MD. 2009 2007 The world’s first infant with a single ventricle to be successfully bridged to heart transplant with a Berlin Heart is performed by James K. Kirklin, MD. 2006 The first valvesparing aortic root replacement in Alabama is performed by David McGiffin, MD. 2012 2014 2012 The first transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the state of Alabama is performed by James E. Davies, MD. 2009 The first robotic lung resection in Alabama is performed by Robert Cerfolio, MD, who is internationally known as an innovator in the field of robotic thoracic surgery. 2014 The first navigational bronchoscopy in the Southeast is performed by Douglas Minnich, MD. 2012 James K. Kirklin, MD, leads a team with Yung Lau, MD, and Jeffrey Alten, MD, to establish the first cardiac surgery program at Children’s of Alabama Hospital. Currently, UAB is Alabama’s: • Major referral center for complex cardiac disorders • Only hospital to offer heart transplantation and long-term mechanical circulatory support • Only facility for surgery for complex congenital heart disease www.uabmedicine.org 3