DCN Center News

For the eleventh year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Emory University Hospital the No. 1 hospital in Georgia and metro Atlanta in the regional rankings in U.S. News Best Hospitals issue.

They often shared a church pew on Sundays in their Spartanburg, South Carolina, church, but now Karen Randall and Kathy Hodge share much more and have for 20 years. Called the “Liver Sisters” by Hodge’s husband, the two have an incredible bond that has been celebrated throughout the years and every April during National Donate…

Emory School of Nursing faculty member Vicki Hertzberg (left) received a gift of life from colleague and research collaborator, Roxana Chicas. When Hertzberg needed a new kidney, Chicas was deemed a match.

The Emory Transplant Center and patient Jamie McNeil have together created a safety net for McNeil’s two-year-old granddaughter, while also starting a chain of kidney transplants through the National Kidney Registry’s (NKR) Donor Voucher Program. McNeil was Emory’s first participant in the voucher donor program, which allows donors to donate their kidney many years before their intended…