Organ Transplantation

Three young heart patients at Texas Children’s Hospital turned a difficult medical journey into an inspiring story of friendship, resilience and hope.
A novel electronic health record-based marker can alert clinicians to medication non-adherence in transplant patients and facilitate early intervention, reducing the likelihood of organ rejection, according to a study recently published in the American Journal of Transplantation.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) May 28 issued a final rule that makes changes to the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model beginning July 1.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services May 28 issued a final rule making changes to the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model beginning July 1.
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth reached a milestone in 2025, setting new records for both living kidney donations and total kidney transplants.
Bronson Methodist Hospital has become the first facility in southwest Michigan to offer the VARIPULSE™ Pulsed Field Ablation Platform for treating atrial fibrillation (AFib).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services March 11 issued guidance to state survey agency directors clarifying and reinforcing the roles and responsibilities of organ procurement organizations and hospitals in organ procurement and transplantation.
University of Iowa Health announced in early February 2026 that it had successfully completed its first robotic living donor nephrectomy, a procedure performed by transplant surgeon Ramy El-Diwany, M.D.
Kieran, a 57-year-old father of three, joined the American Heart Association’s 2024 Boston Heart Walk just over a year after receiving a heart transplant. His participation in the one-mile walk reflected his progress toward recovery and his desire to support heart disease advocacy and research.