Innovation meets rising need as liver disease rates climb nationwide RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A Roanoke woman and a Colonial Heights teacher made U.S. transplant history this …
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Lung Transplantation
VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center celebrates its first successful lung transplant of its new lung transplantation program
by VCU Healthby VCU HealthBy Leigh Farmer “Last year, I couldn’t blow my birthday candles out. This year I can,” said Ty McLain, the inaugural patient of VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center’s new lung …
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Liver Transplantation
Japan's first fully robotic living donor liver transplantation carried out at VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center
by VCU Healthby VCU HealthCaroline Word The VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center has solidified its position as a leader in transplant innovation and has become the first in the US to perform fully robotic …
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By Reefer VCU Health has been approved by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to begin lung transplantation Humeley Transplant Center. Including VCU Health, there are only three transplant …
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Lung Transplantation
Breaking New Life into VCU Health's Lung Transplant Program
by VCU Healthby VCU HealthBy Holly Prestidge After nearly 20 years of rest, VCU Health's lung transplant program is back. In late September, the words came that applications for the health system were accepted …
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By Reefer VCU Health has received approval from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to begin lung transplantation Humeley Transplant Center. Including VCU Health, there are only three transplant …
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Written by Lee Farmer VCU Health has received approval from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to begin lung transplants at the Hume-Lee Transplant Center. Including VCU Health, there …
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Organ Donation
VCU community unites to promote organ donation awareness
by News Sourceby News SourceWritten by Caroline Ward and Leigh Farmer One organ, eye, or tissue donor can save up to eight lives. Earlier this month, the Virginia Commonwealth University Chapter Student Organ Donation …