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Clinicians 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.

St. David’s HealthCare announced today that all of its Austin hospitals received a Healthgrades 2023 America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award™. This distinction recognizes hospitals for superior performance in providing care for conditions and procedures across multiple specialty services. 

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.

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 has been named one of America’s 250 Best Hospitals for 2023, according to new research released by Healthgrades, a leading resource for patients. This achievement puts Medical City Fort Worth in the top 5% of hospitals nationwide for overall clinical performance across the most common conditions and procedures.

Heather Schaefer saw a desperate Facebook plea. Six months later, she had two new members of her extended family—and one less kidney. 

Dr. Karamat Choudhry is a retired cardiothoracic surgeon who worked with Medical City Fort Worth since the day it first opened in 1976 and served as the second chief of staff at the hospital. When he needed a kidney transplant, he knew exactly where he wanted to go.

For the 22nd consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has recognized UCI Medical Center as one of America’s Best Hospitals. The annual rankings recognize hospitals that excel in treating the most challenging patients and conditions.

UCI Health nephrologists Dr. Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh and Dr. Ekamol Tantisattamo were recently recognized as Heroes in Nephrology by the George Lopez Foundation.

Heidi Prodoehl might know the inside of Froedtert’s transplant center better than anyone. She has been a transplant nurse at Froedtert for more than a decade, but today, she’s not the one checking the vitals; she’s a patient at her first post-op appointment after getting a kidney transplant.