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Transplant
Read about people whose lives were changed with transplant surgery at Duke, and learn how Duke transplant specialists use new procedure and techniques to give people a second chance at life.
Full of Life After Double Lung Transplant Surgery
Karen McLeod radiates energy and is quick to laugh. But just one year ago, her situation was drastically different. Frequently hospitalized because of advanced ...
Feeling Grateful After a Double Lung Transplant at Duke
Rodney White was no stranger to an active life. A former athlete, the 53-year-old enjoyed regular visits to the gym and mowing his lawn. So when a routine emer ...
Daughter and Mother Get Heart Transplants at Duke Two Years Apart
Carrie Hollander was just 31 years old when she was diagnosed with heart failure. Within three years, she needed a heart transplant. Since she was not a candid ...
Can a New Device Make More Hearts Available for Transplant?
Michael Woods’ heart and kidney disease were slowly worsening as he waited for a heart and kidney transplant in early 2020. With limited hearts available, he c ...
North Carolina’s First Double Hand Transplant Recipient Grateful for Gift
In April 2017, Debra Kelly developed an invasive strep A infection that almost killed her and required her hands and legs to be amputated. Just 10 months after ...
Duke Performs North Carolina’s First Abdominal Wall Transplant
Johnathan Nauta, 37, had suffered with intestinal obstructions for most of his life. After more than 20 surgeries failed to fix the problem, he had run out of ...
Swift Path to Kidney Transplant, After a Decade of Kidney Disease
At age 27, Barb Lavalette learned she had a disease that, over time, could severely damage her kidney function. For more than a decade, she managed her kidney ...
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 ...
Duke University Hospital Has Nation's Best Outcomes for Adult Liver Transplants
Duke University Hospital has the nation's best outcomes for adult liver transplants from deceased donors, according to data from 2016.
Duke Children's Hospital performs its first combined heart-and-kidney transplant (video)
Duke Children’s Hospital performed its first heart-plus-other-organ transplant, giving Shania Harris, 9, a new heart and kidney. Watch Shania's story.
Duke Nurse Donates Kidney to Husband, Also a Duke Nurse
Duke life flight nurse Nichole Diacumski carried out her most personal rescue mission when she donated a kidney to her husband, Jason, a fellow Duke nurse. The ...
Weight Loss Leads to Successful Liver Transplant, Better Health
At nearly 100 pounds overweight and suffering from severe liver disease, David Tedrow could not get the life-saving transplant he desperately needed until he l ...