Program adds to Northwell Transplant Institute’s existing kidney, heart, liver and lung services. Launch addresses the needs of 800+ pancreas transplant patients and 2,500 kidney-pancreas patients.
Our transplant coordinator will call you when a donor is available. They’ll ask you whether you’ve had any changes in your health since your last visit with our team. You will have to travel to the ...
In the past 15 years, over 250 patients have undergone pancreas transplantation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. We currently offer both simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) and ...
Results of pancreas transplantation continue to improve and up to 90% of recipients with diabetes enjoy freedom from both insulin therapy and the need for close glucose monitoring following the ...
Northwell Health has received approval to launch Long Island’s first adult pancreas transplant program, according to a letter from the state Department of Health. The Northwell Transplant Institute at ...
On either side of the middle of your back are your kidneys. Your kidneys help filter waste and toxins from your blood so they can be passed from your body as urine. Your pancreas sits behind your ...
People in South Florida who need a pancreas or pancreas-kidney transplant — a key procedure that could possibly cure both kidney failure and insulin-dependent diabetes — will soon have another option: ...
Tampa General Hospital performed the world’s first in-human pancreas transplant with a new technology that preserved the organ. The October operation, led by transplant surgeon Matthew Witt, MD, ...
Northwell Transplant Institute is one of 59 adult transplant centers in the U.S. to offer heart, kidney, liver, lung and pancreas programs Northwell Transplant Institute leadership (from left): Drs.