Fact Sheets

• Berlin Heart procedure at Shands at UF fact sheet
• Biography: Mark Bleiweis, M.D., UF cardiothoracic surgeon (.pdf)
• Biography: Frederick Jay Fricker, M.D., UF cardiologist (.pdf)
• EXCOR Pediatric Overview: excorpediatric_mainfacts.pdf

Photos

• Alexzander Wood
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• Mark Bleiweis, MD, director of the UF Pediatrics Congenital Heart Center and UF associate professor of pediatrics
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• Alexzander and Mark Bleiweis, MD
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  Photo Credit: Sarah Kiewel/ UF Health Science Center
  
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  Photo Credit: Sarah Kiewel/ UF Health Science Center



• Alexzander Wood and his mother, Elizabeth Wood
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• Infant BVAD left apical illustration
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• Adult BVAD illustration
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• EXCOR pump
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• Stationary Driving Unit
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Video

• EXCOR pump video (clip 1):
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• EXCOR pump video (clip 2):
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• Heart interior video:
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Web Links

• Berlin Heart, Inc.
• Shands at the University of Florida Heart Transplant Program
• Shands Children’s Hospital Pediatric Cardiology
• UF College of Medicine Division of Pediatric Cardiology
• UF College of Medicine Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
• Donate Life America
• Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients

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• September 2006 - FLORIDA BOY IS STATE’S FIRST TO GET NEW MECHANICAL HEART DEVICE DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN

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