Fiona Coote - wikipedia Fiona Coote This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( November 2017 ) Fiona Coote was Australia 's youngest heart transplant recipient when she underwent surgery at the age of 14 on 8 April 1984. While Coote was the fourth transplant recipient in Australia, she is only the second to survive for a significant period. Contents 1 Personal life 2 Heart transplant 3 Post transplant 4 References Personal life Born on 3 January 1970 and growing up on a family farm, Galen, 8 km ( 5 mi ) from Manilla in northern New South Wales, Coote attended a private Catholic school near Tamworth. She married in 1996. Heart transplant The procedure was performed by the Chinese - Australian cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Victor Chang. The urgency was due to complications of viral - induced tonsilitis, that dramatically weakened her heart. The surgery was performed at St Vincent 's Hospital, Sydney. When she later began rejecting the first heart, Coote was forced to endure a second transplant, which took place in 1986. She has enjoyed good health since. Post transplant Much of Coote 's life has been spent in the public eye and she has worked for numerous charitable organisations including the Victor Chang Foundation and the Starlight Foundation. In 1999, Coote was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia ( AM ) in recognition of her public awareness promotion of heart disease, and for her work raising funds for seriously and terminally ill children. Coote has also worked in promotions for Willow Valley, a cereal manufacturer, and Dairy Farmers. As a result of her fame, Coote was approached to appear in the Australian soap Neighbours. Despite beginning rehearsals, Coote ultimately decided acting was not for her. Channel Ten publicly blamed the back down on illness but Coote later attributed it to the associated pressure to participate in interviews and publicity for the show. Coote has made a number of television appearances, including appearing in a segment on Burke 's Backyard. In 2001 a rose was named in honour of Coote. Called `` Fiona 's Wish '', it is a hybrid tea ( bush rose ) and the bi-coloured blooms are cherry red, edged with gold reverse. References Jump up ^ `` Fiona 's heart still beats strong, 25 years on ''. Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` 25 years of Giving Heart and Lung '' ( PDF ). Pulse. St Vincent 's Hospital, Sydney. March 2009. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 19 March 2012. Jump up ^ `` News Store ''. Newsstore.fairfax.com.au. Retrieved 5 July 2012. ( subscription required ) Jump up ^ `` News Store ''. Newsstore.fairfax.com.au. 16 April 2000. Retrieved 5 July 2012. ( subscription required ) ^ Jump up to : `` News Store ''. Newsstore.fairfax.com.au. 26 June 1993. Retrieved 5 July 2012. ( subscription required ) Jump up ^ `` News Store ''. Newsstore.fairfax.com.au. 28 August 1998. Retrieved 5 July 2012. ( subscription required ) Jump up ^ `` News Store ''. Newsstore.fairfax.com.au. 28 November 1999. Retrieved 5 July 2012. ( subscription required ) ^ Jump up to : Fiona Coote defies transplant odds Jump up ^ `` News Store ''. Newsstore.fairfax.com.au. 14 June 1999. Retrieved 5 July 2012. ( subscription required ) Jump up ^ `` News Store ''. Newsstore.fairfax.com.au. 29 August 1999. Retrieved 5 July 2012. ( subscription required ) Jump up ^ `` News Store ''. Newsstore.fairfax.com.au. 16 June 1987. Retrieved 5 July 2012. ( subscription required ) Jump up ^ `` News Store ''. Newsstore.fairfax.com.au. Retrieved 5 July 2012. ( subscription required ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiona_Coote&oldid=822592364 '' Categories : 1970 births Australian television presenters Living people Heart transplant recipients Members of the Order of Australia Hidden categories : Pages containing links to subscription - only content BLP articles lacking sources from November 2017 All BLP articles lacking sources All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from November 2017 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 27 January 2018, at 08 : 45. About Wikipedia

Question: who performed the first successful heart transplant in australia
Answer: Dr Victor Chang