Domingo Liotta his studies, Dr. Liotta was hired at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas as Director of the Artificial Heart Program by Dr. Michael E. DeBakey in 1961. 1961(December): First conception of the prolonged mechanical assist circulation in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock Postcardiotomy. 1963 (July 19): Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) in a patient in cardiogenic shock postcardiotomy, Domingo Liotta and E. Stanley Crawford at the Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. First clinical use. The original clinical prototype is displayed at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.. 1966 (April 21): Liotta-DeBakey LVAD implanted in a cardiogenic shock postcardiotomy patient, Methodist
Jay Alan Liotta Jay Alan Liotta Jay Alan Liotta is a senior official in the Department of Defense, in its Office of Detainee Policy. Liotta earned a Bachelor's degree form Wittenberg University in 1982, in Political Science and East Asian Studies. During the summer of 1981 he spent a term in China. Liotta entered the US Government service in 1983. Liotta completed a Masters at George Washington University's School of Public and International Affairs. Liotta studied Mandarin at University, and much of his Government service has been served in Asia, or working on Asian related issues. Liotta led the first American delegation to