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By donating a part of her liver, one woman gave someone else the gift of better health. Both transplant participants are still thriving after two decades.

August 25, 2022 Keck Medicine of USC

When Walter Cervantes learned he needed a new liver in 2002, the last person he wanted to ask was his close friend Rosie Lewis. Back then, living liver donation—in which a healthy person gives a portion of their liver to a patient in need—was a new concept. This year, they celebrated the procedure’s 20th anniversary.

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Keck Medicine of USC treatment plan significantly reduces hospitalizations and deaths of liver and kidney transplant recipients with COVID-19

October 14, 2021Keck Medicine of USC

During the peak of the COVID-19 surge in Los Angeles, Keck Medicine of USC physicians implemented a new protocol to monitor and manage the care of liver and kidney transplant recipients who developed COVID-19, including monoclonal antibody therapy for eligible patients. Now, a new study shows that as a result of these efforts, the number…

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Keck Medicine of USC launches unique wellness program to help potential living kidney and liver donors improve their health and increase donor availability

October 6, 2021Keck Medicine of USC

To improve the health of would-be kidney donors, the USC Transplant Institute of Keck Medicine of USC is launching a unique living donor wellness pilot program that will help donation candidates make sustainable lifestyle changes.

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