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Podcast: Houston Innovators Podcast
Episode: Episode 246 - Innovators Revisited - A major moment for heart health - Dr. Joseph Rogers of the Texas Heart Institute.
Description: This week, we’re revisiting another enlightening chat with a Houston innovator. One year ago, Dr. Joseph Rogers, the president and CEO of Texas Heart Institute, shared his story and how he came to be at the helm of THI, as well as the incredible technologies the institute is working on to address heart failure, a global epidemic affecting at least 26 million people worldwide, 6.2 million adults in the U.S. This month, one of THI’s technologies reached a major milestone. BiVACOR, a Houston company successfully implanted the company's first Total Artificial Heart in a human. In addition to this brea...