42-year-old Stanley Pinkston left Advocate Christ Medical Center today with a new heart – for the second time. His inspiring story marks the 300th heart transplant surgery performed at our Oak Lawn hospital. Earlier this spring, Stanley received life-saving heart transplant surgery at Advocate Christ. His first was more than 13 years ago in December 2010. Stanley first came to the hospital after having a stroke in his 20s. He has a family medical history of heart failure. His father passed away

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