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Dr. Balakrishnan Mahesh performs a heart transplant on Paul Clifford at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center on May 19, 2025. Achievement places the program among the best …

Organ donation mistrust is rooted in lived experience, medical racism, systemic neglect, and a history that still shapes Black …

More than 5,000 Americans died waiting for a kidney transplant in 2025. About a dozen a day. One of them was my first cousin Harrison Roberts. He was a rambunctious …

A 19-member Turkish medical delegation from Türkiye has arrived in Senegal to lead planned kidney transplant operations, contributing to the development of the country’s organ transplant capacity. The team reached …

The first successful kidney transplant involved trio of locals (This story was updated to add new information.) More than 70 years ago, a pair of identical twins from Rutland changed …

A leading surgeon behind a clinical trial of transplanting pig kidneys into living humans has said they could one day be superior to those from human donors. Dr Robert Montgomery, …

HEREFORD, Texas (KVII) — Hereford Regional Medical Center is now offering inpatient treatment for kidney patients, a service that has been needed for years. Candice Smith, CEO of the Deaf …

SPOKANE, Wash. – Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, one of the largest hospitals in the Northwest, announced it will be temporarily pausing its heart transplant program due to “key vacancies.” …

Upstate kidney transplant Anita and Mark DeVito (left) are pictured with the head of Upstate’s transplant program, Dr. Reza Saidi. (SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY/Provided photo) When Mark DeVito received his …

When Mark DeVito received his new kidney at SUNY Upstate Medical University in September, the moment marked far more than the end of a long wait. His transplant was the …