World's First HIV-Positive to HIV-Positive Heart Transplant Performed at NYC Hospital NBC News - July 30, 2022 Ulrich Jorde, M.D., says the first HIV-positive to HIV positive heart transplant, performed at Montefiore, is a milestone in the history of organ donation. Dr. Jorde is professor of medicine at Einstein and head of heart failure, cardiac transplantation & mechanical circulatory support and vice chief of the division of cardiology at Montefiore.