His work was well known by other scientists and during the 1950s and 1960s, numerous heart transplants were performed on dogs in the United States by Dr. Norman Shumway of Stanford University and Dr. Richard Lower of the Medical College of Virginia.
Так, в 1950—60-ых годах в США доктора Норман Шамвей (Стэнфордский университет) и Ричард Лоуэр (Медицинский колледж Вирджинии) проведели множество операций по пересадке сердца у собак.