Gerald Lemole, MD, is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon, integrative physician, and a pioneer in the study of lympth. He is a full professor of surgery at Temple University and Thomas Jefferson Medical College. In 1968, Lemole was a member of the surgical team that performed the first successful heart transplant in the United States. He lectures at medical centers and universities around the world and lives in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania.