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Medical City Healthcare hospitals lead North Texas health systems with eight “A” grades in the spring 2023 Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit upholding the standard of patient safety in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers.
Medical City Fort Worth Transplant InstituteClinicians and caregivers at Allegheny General Hospital will welcome nearly 100 members of organ donor families on Friday, April 28 at 11 a.m. for a ceremonial honor walk paying tribute to those who gave the ultimate lifesaving gift of organ donation.
Allegheny General HospitalJean Adams is always on the move: packing gear, checking maps and plotting her next hike. At the end of 2022, the 59-year-old retiree set the goal of hiking the entire Ice Age Trail in 2023 to show what a kidney donor can accomplish.
University of Wisconsin-MadisonOver the course of his 21-year surgical career, transplant surgeon Srinath Chinnakotla, MD, who also serves as a surgical director for both our liver transplant program and pediatric abdominal transplant team, has performed over 1,600 life-changing transplant surgeries, with a special focus on pediatric transplantation.
University of Minnesota Medical CenterArmida Luna gave her heart to her husband, Juan, a long time ago. When his health deteriorated and he needed a new kidney, she didn’t hesitate to offer one of hers.
Sharp HealthCare Kidney and Pancreas Transplant ProgramA new patient outreach program at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona is working to connect American Indians and Alaska Natives with the lifesaving transplants they need. In the Navajo Reservation in Northern Arizona, one man says the program helped save his life.
Mayo Clinic ArizonaToday the National Kidney Registry announced that the Donor Care Network has reached a significant milestone with the addition of its 30th Donor Care Network (DCN) Center of Excellence. DCN Centers of Excellence are an elite group of transplant centers that meet a stringent set of best practices to ensure they offer the highest level…
As we observe April as National Donate Life Month, a new national survey conducted by MedStar Health finds that nearly half of Americans, are not aware of living donation, and many have misunderstandings about living donation.
MedStar Georgetown University HospitalOver 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant. If you’ve never considered organ donation or delayed becoming a donor because of possibly inaccurate information, here are answers to some common organ donation myths and concerns.
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