Learning he needed a double lung transplant came as a shock to Kevin Beale, a lifelong athlete. Follow his remarkable journey.
For Donate Life Month, UVA Health planted pinwheels to honor those who've given life to others.
The demand for donated organs is greater than ever. In the absence of more donors, UVA Health is finding new solutions to overcome the shortage.
Conor's condition put him at risk for brain damage. 4 years after his transplant, that risk is gone, and he's now a big brother.
An organ donor gave Patty Grimm her life back, but it wasn’t a heart, liver, kidney or lungs. Find out how a bone and tissue donation made all the difference in her quest to walk again.
Before her lung transplant, Tina Tinsley didn't realize how sick she was. She thought that was just life with cystic fibrosis (CF).
Louisa County resident Pat Gutekenst battled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and had a lung transplant at UVA in 2015. He and his wife, Stacey Gutekenst, contributed this post.
When Veronica Downing found out she needed a kidney transplant, she and her husband became part of UVA's first paired exchange programs. Now she shares an update on how life has been.
Michael's cystic fibrosis kept him from enjoying childhood, until an organ donor and new lungs changed his life. His father works at UVA and contributed this post.
Almost two dozen eligible patients die each day waiting for the right organ to become available. The only way to overcome the organ shortage is to encourage more people to become organ donors.
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