ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Bartley P. Griffith

Okay kiddo, Bartley P. Griffith is a person who was very important in the field of heart surgery. He was a doctor who helped fix people's hearts when they weren't working properly.

Dr. Griffith was really good at something called heart transplantation. That's when someone gets a new heart because their old one is too sick or damaged to work. He knew how to safely take a heart from one person and put it into another person's body.

He also helped create some new tools that doctors use during heart surgery. He made a special machine that can take over for the heart while the doctors are working. It's kind of like a superhero sidekick for the heart!

Overall, Dr. Griffith was a very smart and helpful doctor who made a big difference in the world of heart surgery.