Dr. Ankit Bharat, the chief of thoracic surgery at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, led a team of surgeons in performing the surgery on the woman. “This is one of the toughest transplants I have done. Also, this is the first such surgery on a COVID19 patient in the USA and gives us hope that organ transplantation may become a lifesaver for victims with severe damages from the deadly virus,” Dr. Ankit Bharat said.