Transplant News Archive
Transplant News Archive
: A Gurnee woman no longer needs dialysis thanks to her younger brother's ultimate gift.
: Arnela Hadzic, 21, has a rare liver disease. She received a transplant from a deceased donor when she was 7 years old, but it was failing. So two weeks ago, she received a partial liver from a living donor at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
: Michael Abecassis, MD, MBA, has been named the winner of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 2018 Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize in Translational Science and Education.
: More than 90 percent of people with chronic hepatitis C can be cured. Here are the steps that you and your doctor can take. Article features Steven Flamm, MD.
: Six donors had no idea where their kidneys were going, but the recipients created a 12-person chain that miraculously connected all of them through their personal relationships.
: Ricky de la Cruz is a 19-year-old who was born with half a heart and has been sick all his life, his mom said. Cruz's father was able to save his life by donating his own kidney.
: Heidi Houdek and David Young were strangers a few months ago attending different services. But in May, Young shared with members he needed a kidney transplant.
: A Chicago police officer is in need of a liver transplant and is fighting to survive. Officer Jacinta “Frannie” O’Driscoll, an 18-year veteran, has been commended numerous times. But what most don't know is that she needs a liver transplant and has needed one for years.
: A mother’s desperate plea on Facebook for a kidney for her 2-year-old son reunited her with a high school classmate, who was willing to donate her kidney.
: For two days in June, Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Kidney Transplant Program made simultaneous surgeries, involving four living-donors and four grateful recipients possible. The four anonymous pairs consisted of two married couples, an aunt and son, and a good Samaritan to a man in need.
: More than 5,000 Illinois residents are waiting for organs, according to Gift of Hope. About 300 Illinoisans die each year waiting for a transplant, according to the Illinois Secretary of State's office. Representatives of the state's leading medical centers spoke Tuesday about how they plan to pitch in. Article features Michael Abecassis, MD, MBA.