Maximus Daniels was born on April 2, 2014 weighing in at 7 pounds, 3 ounces at Stony Brook University Hospital. His mother, Sharon Savino, had open-heart surgery while 27-weeks pregnant to remove a tumor from her heart. (Credit: John Griffin)
Sharon Savino and her family reunites with Dr. James Taylor, who removed the tumor from her heart, saving hers and her baby’s lives and the OB team, Dr. Gerald Quirk and Dr. Ruth Wei, who monitored her baby the entire surgery.
Sharon Savino’s atrial myxoma tumor, seen after her operation, could have obstructed her heart’s mitral valve, causing sudden death. (Credit: Dr. James Taylor)
James Taylor, MD, Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital and Co-Director, Stony Brook University Heart Institute, who led the surgery to remove an egg-sized tumor from a woman 27-weeks pregnant.