Biotech and MCV District in Richmond, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Birthplace of Cardiac Transplantation

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, May 8, 2009

1. Birthplace of Cardiac Transplantation Marker

Inscription. This site commemorates the pioneering basic, clinical and translational research that laid the foundation for successful cardiac transplantation. On this campus, Dr. Richard Lower performed the first heart transplant in Virginia on May 25, 1968. Modern-day research in transplantation medicine continues to flourish at the VCU Medical Center, as does organ transplantation at the Hume-Lee Transplant Center and cardiac transplantation at the Pauley Heart Center.

VCU
Virginia Commonwealth University

Erected by Virginia Commonwealth University.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1788.

Location. 37° 32.361′ N, 77° 25.863′ W. Marker is in Richmond, Virginia. It is in the Biotech and MCV District. It can be reached from the intersection of East Broad Street and North 12th Street. This ground level marker is located inside the semicircular driveway of West Hospital. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Richmond VA 23298, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Virginia.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Mary Richards Bowser Denman (within shouting distance of this marker); Ratification of the Constitution (within shouting distance of this marker); Loving v. Virginia

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

(about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); St. Philip's Way (about 300 feet away); Memorial Terrace (about 300 feet away); St. Philip School of Nursing (about 400 feet away); Theatre Fire of December 26, 1811 (about 400 feet away); The Virginia Convention of 1788 (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Richmond.

Three Bear Circle driveway image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, May 8, 2009

2. Three Bear Circle driveway

Medical College of Virginia image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, May 8, 2009

3. Medical College of Virginia

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 19, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,072 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 19, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.