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Last week in a historic milestone for The University of Texas at Austin and its clinical partner Ascension Seton, 22-year-old Dom Rainelli received a new lease on life. Rainelli and his cousin, Kayla Wright, underwent successive kidney surgeries as part of the first kidney transplant procedure performed at the Adult Abdominal Transplant Center, a collaboration…

More than 72,000 Texans are living with end-stage renal disease or kidney failure. For many, getting a transplant is their best chance at a better life. UT Health Austin and Ascension Seton have launched a new kidney transplant program designed to ensure Central Texans have the benefit of superior care close to home.

There were several factors that influenced Jorge Losch’s decision to become a living organ donor. He was inspired by his wife, Sara, who wanted to donate an organ but wasn’t able to due to health reasons, and he has two loved ones who received life-saving liver transplants.

Dr. George Lipkowitz was 33 when he arrived at Baystate Medical Center to oversee the hospital’s new transplant program. That was back in 1988, and now, 30 years later, he and his transplant team have completed their 1,000th transplant.

Several Massachusetts hospitals are among the best-performing in the state, according to new rankings from U.S. News & World Report released Tuesday. Baystate Medical Center was ranked number 6 in the state.

Legacy Health’s eight hospitals have each earned leader designation on the national Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index for 2022. Legacy hospitals occupy seven places on the list of 10 Oregon hospitals providing equitable, knowledgeable, sensitive and welcoming health care for everyone in LGBTQ+ community.

Legacy Health has achieved something that no other health system in the region can match. The federal government awarded three Legacy hospitals for delivering five-star quality care to our communities, giving Legacy the most high-quality hospitals of any system in the region. Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland, Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center in…

Amy Infanger had a 1 in 3,000 chance of finding a kidney that her body would accept. Thanks to a living donor transplant chain that spanned across the country, she has a new kidney and a new lease on life.

Today 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…

A 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.