A memorial Mass will be said on Friday, Nov. 12 for former Loyola University Hospital cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Roque Pifarré, who performed the first heart transplant in Illinois. "Dr. Pifarré had a profound impact on Loyola's heart program and he will be greatly missed," said Dr. Paul Whelton, president and CEO of Loyola University Health System. Under Dr. Pifarré's leadership, more than 25,000 cardiac procedures were performed at Loyola. Dr. Pifarré established the heart transplant program and performed Illinois' first heart transplant in 1984...
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