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Medical City Dallas has expanded and strengthened transplant services with the opening of its new Abdominal Transplant Clinic. The $6 million clinic locates pancreas, liver and kidney patients along with physicians in the same unit.
Medical City Fort Worth Transplant InstituteAfter 39 years of nursing, at 60 years of age, Wendy Clark, RN, says she has found her calling. On July 20, she donated a kidney to a stranger. This set in motion a series of events that means a Hartford HealthCare colleague who needs a kidney will receive their organ in the coming months.
Hartford Hospital Transplant CenterArmed with newer antiviral therapies that quickly cure hepatitis C among organ recipients, AGH protocol paves the way for more patients to receive lifesaving gift.
Allegheny General HospitalMedical City Fort Worth’s Transplant Institute is rated number one in Texas for kidney transplants, according to recently released data by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR).
Medical City Fort Worth Transplant InstituteThis spring, retired police officer and volunteer firefighter Dale Sorensen became the 10,001st kidney transplant recipient at M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center.
University of Minnesota Medical CenterThis spring, retired police officer and volunteer firefighter Dale Sorensen became the 10,001st kidney transplant recipient at M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center.
University of Minnesota Medical CenterIn 1973, Guadalupe Alejos was one the first to undergo a kidney transplant at what is now known as Trinity Health Grand Rapids. Fifty years later, that kidney is still functioning and has allowed him to lead a full, happy and productive life.
Trinity Health Grand Rapids HospitalHackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center is now part of an elite group of hospitals in the U.S. to have performed 25,000 minimally invasive robotic-assisted surgical procedures, which have a lower risk of infection, less pain after surgery, and a faster recovery and return to normal activities.
Hackensack Meridian Health Medical CenterThe gift of life is precious. The M Health Fairview Donor Care Unit will allow our transplant team to more efficiently and effectively recover deceased donor organs, saving lives on the transplant waiting list.
University of Minnesota Medical CenterDave Daniels spends 12 hours a week on his bicycle. In January 2022, he traveled to Madison to be evaluated as a living kidney donor. When he learned that his donation would not affect his ability to take cross-country rides, he made his donation in July 2022.
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