Dr. H. Edward Garret, Jr. continues his father's tradition of cutting edge firsts and involvement in new technology.
- First lung transplant in Memphis
- First double lung transplant in Tennessee
- First Mother-Daughter living lung donor in Memphis
- First robotic case at Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis
- First abdominal aortic aneurysm repair with stent graft in Memphis
- First thoracic aortic aneurysm repair with stent graft in Memphis
- Performed the first cardiomyoplasty in Memphis
- Implanted the first Abiomed ventricular assist device in Memphis and had the longest living patient supported on the device.
- First left ventricular assist device XVE, HMII, Thoratec IVAD and PVAD in Memphis
- First Paracor Heartnet placement in Memphis
- Performed the first Minimally Invasive Convergent Maze Procedure at Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis.
- First Transcatheter Aortic Valve Placement in the Mid South
- First TCAR (Transcarotid Artery Revascularization) in Region
- First MitraClip in Region