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Dhaniram Baruah is an Assamese
heart surgeon Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of organs inside the thoracic cavity — generally treatment of conditions of the heart (heart disease), lungs (lung disease), and other pleural or mediastinal struc ...
known for his work in the field of
xenotransplantation Xenotransplantation (''xenos-'' from the Greek meaning "foreign" or strange), or heterologous transplant, is the transplantation of living cells, tissues or organs from one species to another. Such cells, tissues or organs are called xenograft ...
. He is popularly known as India's ''Pig Heart Doctor''. On January 1, 1997, he became the first heart surgeon in the world to transplant a pig's heart in a human body. Although the recipient died subsequently, it was a precursor to the first successful pig-to-human heart transplant performed 25 years later by
Bartley P. Griffith Bartley P. Griffith (born 1949) is an American heart surgeon. Griffith is currently The Thomas E and Alice Marie Hales Distinguished Professor in Transplantation at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He has been continuously funded ...
in January 2022. While Griffith used a genetically modified pig's heart, Barua had transplanted a normal pig heart. Barua is also the founder of Dr Dhaniram Baruah Heart Institute & Research Centre.


Experiments, claims and controversies

Throughout his career Barua has courted controversies due to his maverick ideas and unconventional methods. The pig heart transplanted by Barua in his patient Purna Saikia worked for seven days, after which there were infections, and the transplant was rejected by the recipient's body. Barua was sent to jail for 40 days for negligence and violation of medical ethics. His clinic and research center was burnt down by an angry mob. He was also called a mad man and ostracised from the local community. But undeterred he continued his experiments, and claimed that successful transplantation of a pig heart in a human body was feasible. He later claimed damages from the Government for his humiliation and unjust treatment. He also claimed to have found a cure for HIV/AIDS.


Legacy

Barua claims to have cured 86 patients of HIV/AIDS for which no conventional medicine is available. He has written a two-volume book titled "AIDS Reaching the Unreachable with Baruah Combat Genes".


See also

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Xenotransplantation Xenotransplantation (''xenos-'' from the Greek meaning "foreign" or strange), or heterologous transplant, is the transplantation of living cells, tissues or organs from one species to another. Such cells, tissues or organs are called xenograft ...
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Heart transplantation A heart transplant, or a cardiac transplant, is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or severe coronary artery disease when other medical or surgical treatments have failed. , the most common procedu ...
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Bartley P. Griffith Bartley P. Griffith (born 1949) is an American heart surgeon. Griffith is currently The Thomas E and Alice Marie Hales Distinguished Professor in Transplantation at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He has been continuously funded ...
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