(New York Times) – Infant heart transplants are extraordinarily rare. A Times health journalist donned scrubs and witnessed how the surgery unfolded.

A week earlier, I’d spoken with Dr. Emile Bacha, now NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s surgeon in chief, and gotten his permission to watch an infant heart transplant. As a health reporter at The Times, I wanted to tell this surgery’s story not by the numbers, but by bringing readers into the room as the operation unfolds. I didn’t know I’d get the chance so soon: There are about 100 infant heart transplants in the United States every year — and only two or three at NewYork-Presbyterian. (Read More)