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Mother and Son Share How Tampa General Hospital's First Living Donor Liver Transplant Can Save Two Lives

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023
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TAMPA, Fla., May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Last week, Tampa General Hospital (TGH) announced that doctors at the academic health system had performed the first living donor liver transplant on the West Coast of Florida.

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  • TAMPA, Fla., May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Last week, Tampa General Hospital (TGH) announced that doctors at the academic health system had performed the first living donor liver transplant on the West Coast of Florida.
  • In the video link above, donor Derek Sanz and Patricia Sanz, the recipient and Derek's mother, shared their story.
  • Of the living donor liver transplant surgery, Derek said, "It can save two lives, it can save the life of the recipient and also someone waiting on the transplant list.
  • Dr. Ashish Singhal, director, Living Donor Liver Transplant, performed the donor surgery and was assisted by Dr. Vijay Subramanian, a liver transplant surgeon at Tampa General.

Tampa General Hospital Performs First Living Donor Liver Transplant on Florida's West Coast

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023
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TAMPA, Fla., May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tampa General Hospital (TGH), one of the nation's top 10 transplant centers, wrote a new chapter in its history earlier this month with its first living donor liver transplant, which also is the first such surgery on Florida's west coast.

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  • TAMPA, Fla., May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tampa General Hospital (TGH), one of the nation's top 10 transplant centers, wrote a new chapter in its history earlier this month with its first living donor liver transplant, which also is the first such surgery on Florida's west coast.
  • "Our living donor liver transplant program is a prime example of Tampa General continuing to drive innovation to deliver world-class health care," said John Couris, president and CEO of Tampa General.
  • "Living donor liver transplant is another avenue to save more lives of patients with liver disease in our community," Dhanireddy said.
  • "It's a win-win for everyone," said Dr. Ashish Singhal, director, Living Donor Liver Transplant, who performed the donor surgery for Tampa General's first living donor liver transplant.

Leaders in Pediatric Liver Care Join Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone, Launch Pediatric Liver Disease & Transplant Program

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Thursday, April 27, 2023
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Nadia Ovchinsky, MD , Jennifer M. Vittorio, MD , and Debora Kogan-Liberman, MD have joined Hassenfeld Children's Hospital and the NYU Langone Transplant Institute to establish the Pediatric Liver Disease and Transplant Program , bolstering the institution's comprehensive offering of solid organ transplants and expanding regional access to specialized care for children.

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  • Nadia Ovchinsky, MD , Jennifer M. Vittorio, MD , and Debora Kogan-Liberman, MD have joined Hassenfeld Children's Hospital and the NYU Langone Transplant Institute to establish the Pediatric Liver Disease and Transplant Program , bolstering the institution's comprehensive offering of solid organ transplants and expanding regional access to specialized care for children.
  • Before Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, the team were clinicians within the Pediatric Liver Program at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore.
  • Dr. Griesemer joined NYU Langone in 2022 in an effort to expand the Transplant Institute's adult liver transplant program.
  • "Offering liver transplants to our pediatric population underlines our commitment to providing comprehensive care to all patients who may need a transplant.

Memorial Transplant Institute's Kidney Program Seeks Living Donors

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Monday, April 17, 2023
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla., April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In its five-year history, Memorial Healthcare System's kidney transplant program has directly impacted more than 300 lives through both deceased donor and live donor kidney transplants. While deceased donor rates have been increasing, doctors say the number of live donor transplants could be exponentially higher if individuals in South Florida understood how they could help fill an unmet need.

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  • HOLLYWOOD, Fla., April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In its five-year history, Memorial Healthcare System's kidney transplant program has directly impacted more than 300 lives through both deceased donor and live donor kidney transplants.
  • Just 41 of the 309 kidneys that have been transplanted at Memorial have come from living donors.
  • "A kidney coming from a living donor lasts two to three time longer than one procured from a person that recently died," said Dr. Linda Chen, a kidney transplant surgeon and surgical director of Memorial Healthcare System's Living Donor and Pediatric Abdominal Transplant program.
  • With approval from UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing), Memorial Healthcare System launched its pediatric heart transplant program (2010), adult heart transplant program (2014, under the Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute banner), and the adult and pediatric kidney transplant program (2017).

NYU Langone Raises the Bar as Top Transplant Program in New York for Quality and Volume

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Friday, March 3, 2023
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NYU Langone Transplant Institute teams performed 600 organ transplants last year, exceeding any single transplant center in the Northeast.

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  • NYU Langone Transplant Institute teams performed 600 organ transplants last year, exceeding any single transplant center in the Northeast.
  • NYU Langone set a new milestone for the most kidney transplants in New York, with 335 in a single year.
  • NYU Langone has a robust living donor transplant program for both kidney and liver, as well as a paired kidney transplant program to match multiple donors and recipients.
  • The Transplant Institute is part of NYU Langone Health, which is the top-ranked health system in New York City and listed as No.

Global Blood Dialyzer Market Report 2022: Increased Prevalence of Kidney Disease Fueling Growth - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022
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Blood dialyzer, also known as hemodialyzer or artificial kidney, is a device used to filter blood of a person who is suffering from kidney damage.

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  • Blood dialyzer, also known as hemodialyzer or artificial kidney, is a device used to filter blood of a person who is suffering from kidney damage.
  • Hemodialyzer accomplishes extracorporeal removal of waste products such as creatinine, urea, and free water from the blood in states of kidney failure.
  • Rising geriatric population and increased prevalence of chronic kidney diseases will lead to increasing demand for blood dialyzers in the global market.
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CareDx Unveils New Patient-Centered Medication Management Features on AlloCare Mobile Health App

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Thursday, August 4, 2022
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MedActionPlan PRO is a medication management and adherence platform designed to simplify post-transplant medication regimens.

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  • MedActionPlan PRO is a medication management and adherence platform designed to simplify post-transplant medication regimens.
  • By integrating MedActionPlan PRO into the AlloCare app, participating transplant centers can now push personalized education, medication regimen details, and reminder alerts directly to their patients smartphone.
  • CareDxs strategy of delivering patient-centered digital health solutions to improve the transplant journey has come to fruition with the seamless integration of MedActionPlan PRO with our AlloCare app, said Reg Seeto, CEO and President of CareDx.
  • We are incredibly proud to expand the medication management features on our AlloCare app to help thousands of patients and their clinicians work together to successfully manage complex medication regimens for optimal transplant health and longevity.

NYU Langone Expands Liver Transplant Program

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Thursday, June 2, 2022
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NEW YORK, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The NYU Langone Transplant Institute has recruited three renowned physicians and surgeons to expand the liver transplant program and help more people receive the life-saving gift of organ transplantation.

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  • NEW YORK, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The NYU Langone Transplant Institute has recruited three renowned physicians and surgeons to expand the liver transplant program and help more people receive the life-saving gift of organ transplantation.
  • Dr. Griesemer will serve as surgical director of the living donor liver transplant program and help oversee the development of a pediatric liver transplant program at Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone as its surgical director.
  • A liver transplant and hepatobiliary surgeon at Weill Cornell Medicine since 2015, Dr. Halazun served as the director of liver cancer surgery and research as well as associate program director of the multiorgan transplant and hepatobiliary fellowship.
  • As an extension of NYU Langone's transplant partnership with Atlantic Health System, Dr. Northup will have dual appointments at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, New Jersey, and NYU Langone in Manhattan.

Banner-University Medicine Transplant Institute Chooses eHealth Technologies to Streamline Patient Intake

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Monday, April 4, 2022
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- eHealth Technologies, an innovator in retrieving and transforming complex medical records into actionable data for clinicians, will be exhibiting and displaying a poster presentation with the Banner-University Medicine Transplant Institute at the upcoming United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Transplant Management Forum. Dan Torrens, CEO, eHealth Technologies, will also be a presenter during the award ceremony for best posters at 11:15 a.m. on Monday, April 11.

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  • "eHealth Technologies supplies one indexed file that can be readily uploaded into a patient's medical record.
  • Finding what they need quickly is a huge time saver," says Jessica Zimont, Transplant Institute Director, Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix.
  • "Access to a wide variety of outside medical records can be a significant burden to providers," said Dan Torrens, CEO, eHealth Technologies.
  • For that reason, we are thrilled to support UNOS, Banner, and our nation's organ transplant system in utilizing the latest technologies and practices."

Tampa General Hospital Doesn't Miss A Beat in Reaching Milestone of 1,500 Heart Transplants

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Friday, April 1, 2022
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TAMPA, Fla., April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tampa General Hospital (TGH) and the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine reached a milestone earlier this year with its 1,500th adult heart transplant.

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  • TAMPA, Fla., April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tampa General Hospital (TGH) and the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine reached a milestone earlier this year with its 1,500th adult heart transplant.
  • Tampa General heart transplant surgeons replace an ailing heart for a number of reasons, such as dilated or ischemic cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension, and congenital heart disease.
  • "Being a part of a patients' heart transplant journey is an honor and a privilege," noted Dr. Benjamin Mackie, heart transplant medical director at Tampa General.
  • With five medical helicopters, Tampa General Hospital transports critically injured or ill patients from 23 surrounding counties to receive the advanced care they need.