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Veterans across the country who are in need of a life-saving liver or kidney transplant now can receive these procedures at one of the top transplant centers in the nation, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, thanks to the recent inclusion of the MedStar Health program in the Veterans Health Administration network.
MedStar Georgetown University HospitalHouston Smith had never been the type to share much personal information on social media, but on March 13, the Army veteran poured his heart into a Facebook post – and it saved his life. More than 250 miles away in Emporium, Pa., Michael Spaeth, an Army veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, saw…
MedStar Georgetown University HospitalToday, Donate Life America and the Kidney Transplant Center at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center announced the first living kidney donor through the National Donate Life Living Donor Registry. Donate Life America’s new program allows individuals ages 18-65 who registered as a deceased donor through the National Donate Life Registry to also register their…
St. David's North Austin Medical CenterThe UW Health Transplant Center is one of the few transplant centers in the country that has transplanted more than 12,000 kidneys.
UW Health University HospitalUW Health welcomed its first patients to the new Pleasant T. Rowland Transplant Clinic at University Hospital this morning. The new 10,000-square-foot clinic serves adult patients who are being evaluated for or who have received an organ transplant, as well as those who give the gift of life through living organ donation.
UW Health University HospitalLast December, Sophia Jackson was watching the news when she saw the story of Vadrien Alston, a New York City police officer and mother of two who was in need of a kidney transplant. Jackson was so moved by the story that she decided to travel to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center to help.
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical CenterThe 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…
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