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Cedars-Sinai Remains No. 1 in Adult Heart Transplants
As Heart Month Begins, The Smidt Heart Institute Announces it Performed More Adult Heart Transplants in 2019 Than Any Other Medical Center in the Nation Heart surgeon Fardad Esmailian, MD, is the surgical director of the Heart Transplant Program in the Smidt Heart Institute. Photo by Cedars-Sinai. For the 10th consecutive year, the Smidt Heart Institute at