Diagnosed with autoimmune cirrhosis as a child, Jitin received his first liver transplant at the age of 11, but he faced another life-threatening liver complication starting in mid-February 2026, in the form of refractory chronic rejection of his previously transplanted liver requiring…
The hospital described the case as the first of its kind in Western India. Shirke was diagnosed with autoimmune cirrhosis during childhood and underwent his first transplant under Dr S K Mathur, then a senior liver transplant surgeon at another…
National US philanthropist gets new life after liver transplant in Seoul Published: Oct. 28, 2026 - 17:12:50 A 69-year-old Peruvian American philanthropist with cirrhosis has recovered after receiving a liver transplant from his daughter in Seoul, giving him a chance to resume his charity…
Promoting life long lung health Lung and heart-lung transplantation is a highly specialized and generally rare option for treatment for children with end-stage lung disease. We are one of the 17 hospitals in the U.S. that participate in the International Pediatric Lung…
The landmark heart transplant performed at Stanford in 1968 ultimately led to the success of the operation around the world today. Fifty years ago, Norman Shumway, MD, PhD, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Stanford, performed the first successful human heart transplant in…
Living donation is not limited to kidneys: donors may also give part of a liver, lung or pancreas, according to the federal Health Resources and Services Administration. A person who donates to someone they do not know is making what…
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Marking an important milestone in the development of specialised healthcare services within the country, Brunei’s liver transplant programme, led by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in collaboration with Jerudong Park Medical Centre (JPMC), successfully completed 10 adult living…
SEARCH ALL FACILITIES AND LOCATIONS Abdominal transplants involve the surgical replacement of one or more diseased abdominal organs with healthy organs from a deceased or living donor. A living donor for kidney and liver transplantation is a healthy individual who…
18 years after donating a kidney while in medical school, Dr. Charles Rickert has once again stepped up to save a life. Garvin Thomas reports. Over the course of his medical career, UCSF transplant surgeon Dr. Chuck Rickert has been involved…
Explore how nurses support kidney transplant candidates diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma, covering early detection, treatment options, and care. I spent my first 6 years of nursing working in oncology. At the bedside, I cared for patients with solid organ cancer.
Heart, lung and liver transplants: patients, outcomes, children's transplants and new ways to preserve donor organs.
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