Awake Kidney Transplantation: A Revolution in Transplant Care
Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine performed a kidney transplant on a patient who remained awake during the surgery without general anesthesia and was discharged home less than 24 hours after surgery. It's the first awake kidney transplant performed at Northwestern Medicine.
First in Illinois to Reach 10,000 Abdominal Transplants
The Northwestern Medicine Organ Transplant Center performed its 10,000th abdominal organ transplant procedure, becoming the first health system in Illinois to achieve that milestone.
California Doctor Receives First Combined Lung-liver Transplant for Advanced Lung Cancer in U.S.
Gary Gibbon, MD, a pulmonologist and allergist from Santa Monica, traveled to Chicago for a first-of-its-kind transplant procedure, becoming the first person in the U.S. to receive a double-lung and liver transplant for advanced lung cancer.
Voices of Better Medicine: Living Donor Organ Transplantation
Juan Caicedo Ramirez, MD, surgical director of the Northwestern Medicine Liver Transplant Program, discusses the living donor organ transplant process, the Northwestern Medicine Living Donor Program and what a patient can expect when they get a liver transplant.
This Chicago doctor donated her kidney to a woman in Virginia she’d never met
Aleksandra Gmurczyk, MD, a nephrologist and assistant professor of Nephrology and Hypertension at Northwestern Medicine, donated her own kidney to help someone waiting for a transplant — and to inspire others to do the same.
Can Stem Cells Replace Immunosuppressants?
When Margaret Rainey received a kidney from her daughter, she also got her stem cells. She is part of a clinical trial to use stem cell transplantation in place of anti-rejection medication to protect the donated organ.
Couple matches for organ transplant after husband suffers from failing kidneys due to stroke
Bi-racial couple discovers they are a match after search for a kidney for husband.
Northwestern Medicine Transplant Surgeon Honored with Presidential Early Career Award
Jason Wertheim, MD, PhD, is one of five Northwestern University faculty to be awarded with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
Sisters' Tribute to Late Dad Sparks Kidney Donation Chain
Two sisters' tribute to their late father sparked a chain of transplants that changed eight other lives.
Grow Your Own Kidney? Chicago Researchers Are Getting Closer
About 3,400 people in Illinois await a kidney transplant—many for five years. A Northwestern Medicine team working to make new organs in the lab could cut that wait.
Chicago Transplant Surgeon Aims to Increase Live-saving Options for African American Patients
Jacquelyn Charleston has been waiting for a transplant for weeks. A liver from a living or deceased donor could save her life.
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