Duke Health Blog
Liver Transplant
Read about the people whose lives were changed by liver transplant surgery at Duke.
A Short Wait on the Transplant List, Thanks to Duke Health and the HOPE Act
James Golden, who is HIV-positive, was housebound with a dangerous neurological condition caused by liver disease when it became clear that he needed a liver t ...
Living Liver Donor and Robotic Liver Transplant Surgery Save Baby
When baby Kara Pace needed a liver transplant, a friend of the family stepped up to donate part of her liver. After undergoing the first robotic liver transpla ...
New Dad Gets Heart and Liver Transplants at Duke
Despite being young and active, Stefan Rucker felt sluggish and weak in his early forties. In October 2020, the 16-year veteran police detective was diagnosed ...
Liver Transplant Options for People with Low MELD Scores
Because more people in the U.S. need a liver transplant than there are donors, many in need may have a long wait for a donor liver. Most potential recipients a ...
Hepatitis B-Positive Liver Transplant Saves Charleston Man with End-Stage Liver Disease
John White endured countless hospital visits, falls, disorientation, and pain before he was diagnosed with a host of conditions including nonalcoholic steatohe ...
Hepatitis B-Positive Liver Donations Offer New Transplant Option
People who have end-stage liver disease and are waiting for a transplant have a new life-saving option: receiving a liver from a hepatitis B-positive donor. Th ...
Becoming a Living Donor
If you are considering becoming a living kidney, liver, or lung donor at Duke, the following information should answer some of your questions.
Mom’s Selfless Liver Donation Saves Her Baby from a Serious Disease
When King Hibbler was born in March 2021, he appeared healthy aside from jaundice, a common condition in newborns that often resolves on its own. Neither docto ...
Split Liver Transplant Saves Two Lives with One Donor Liver
Every year in the United States, thousands of people die while waiting for a liver transplant. A split liver transplant could help reduce these numbers by shor ...
Giving Back After a Speedy Liver Transplant at Duke
When 48-year-old Michelle Ngom woke up with a headache, fever, and nausea, she called in sick to her job as a manager at Goodwill Industries. Fearing she might ...
Liver Transplant Saves Baby with a Rare Disorder
Children younger than age one rarely have liver transplant surgery, which can be especially complex and risky in infants. But the parents of four-month-old Noa ...
Liver Transplant Saves Critically Ill Patient
Ray Thompson was a teenager when doctors first suspected something was wrong with his liver. He was an adult when he learned his condition was autoimmune hepat ...