Heart Transplant Patient Beats Odds, Awards Hospital with Honor

Heart Transplant Patient Beats Odds, Awards Hospital with Honor

When Mick Doughty was put on the heart transplant list in 1994 at age 44, Sutter pioneering heart surgeon Dr. Paul Kelly said a new heart would extend Mick’s life by 10 years … 20 years at the most. “I told Dr. Kelly, ‘Oh, I’ve got to beat that,’ ” Doughty says with a...