Artificial heart by an immunosuppressive drug complication. The original prototype of Liotta-Cooley artificial heart used in this historic operation is prominently displayed in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History "Treasures of American History" exhibit in Washington, D.C. The first clinical use of an artificial heart designed for permanent implantation rather than a bridge to transplant occurred in 1982 at the University of Utah. Artificial kidney pioneer Willem Johan Kolff started the Utah artificial organs program in 1967. There, physician-engineer Clifford Kwan-Gett invented two components of an integrated pneumatic artificial heart system: a ventricle with hemispherical diaphragms that did not crush
Ray Liotta (2002), Samuel Rhodes in "Identity" (2003), Markie Trattman in "Killing Them Softly" (2012), and Peter Deluca in "The Place Beyond the Pines" (2012). He also starred as Lieutenant Matt Wozniak in the television drama "Shades of Blue" (2016–2018). Liotta was born in Newark, New Jersey, and adopted at the age of six months by Mary Liotta, an appointed township clerk, and Alfred Liotta, an auto-parts store owner, personnel director, and the president of a local Democratic club. His adoptive parents both unsuccessfully ran for local office. He has a sister, Linda Liotta, who is also adopted. Liotta has said he