Learning he needed a double lung transplant came as a shock to Kevin Beale, a lifelong athlete. Follow his remarkable journey.
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For Donate Life Month, UVA Health planted pinwheels to honor those who've given life to others.
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.
Bill Potts, licensed clinical social worker, has worked with UVA transplant patients for almost 23 years. And yet, “23 years later, I still marvel at the amazing transformation patients go through after transplantation.”
We're kicking off Donate Life Month by talking to pediatric liver transplant surgeon George Mazariegos, MD. Mazariegos works at both UVA Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.
UVA Transplant Program 50th Anniversary. This infographic gives a brief history of the numbers behind the successful program.
Islet cell transplants can help treat patients with diabetes or chronic pancreatitis. Learn more about the UVA islet cell transplant program in this video with Kenneth Brayman, MD.
Meet Alden Doyle, MD, who is new to Charlottesville and passionate about nephrology and transplants.
As we reflect on 50 years of UVA’s transplant program, we're revisiting some previous organ donation stories. We caught up with patients who had liver and lung transplants years ago.
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