Well known for its engrossing healthcare content, Insights Care magazine is pleased to feature Dr Samuel Jacob, MD. FRCS. FACS serving as the Chief Executive Officer & Chief of Surgical Operations of the Heart and Lung Transplant National Recovery Program (HLT-NRP).
Dr. Jacob leads a team who are pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved through organ transplantation. Under his leadership, HLT-NRP is not simply doing procedures—it’s changing lives. The program achieves its highest rate of success and access to life-saving transplants with the latest in surgical technology and the most sophisticated equipment. By stepping out to try and with undying enthusiasm, Dr. Jacob and his team are rewriting the script from mere survival to survival in that patients are not only provided with a second chance to live but with the ability to live life at its best. He was trained at the world’s best institutions such as Yale, Harvard, Baylor University Medical Center and worked as an associate professor of heart and lung transplant at Mayo Clinic Florida, and he became an expert in cardiothoracic surgery and pioneered the heart and lung transplants.
His visionary medical mind as well as his unwavering commitment to his patients has rendered him a visionary in the healthcare sector. By working with HLT-NRP, Dr. Jacob continues to guarantee the excellence of the field of organ recovery and transplant, providing patients everywhere in the country a chance not only to live but to flourish. At the request of Dr. Jacob, the National Recovery Program of the Heart and Lung Transplant has been a visionary transplant program. They, together with Dr. Jacob, are driven by this vision to further expand the horizons of organ transplantation.
