Transplant

January 26, 2022

Team seeks to rehab damaged donor livers for transplant

A Vanderbilt team is studying whether injured human donor livers declined for transplant can be recovered by cross-circulation between the human liver and a xenogeneic host.

January 20, 2022

Vanderbilt Transplant Center reached new record in 2021

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center established a new record in calendar year 2021 for total solid organ transplants, performing 645 life-saving procedures among its adult and pediatric organ transplant programs.

By Matt Batcheldor
January 20, 2022

Erasmus named medical director of the Vanderbilt Lung Transplant Program

David Erasmus, MBChB, MD, assistant professor of Medicine, joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center earlier this month as medical director of the Vanderbilt Lung Transplant Program.

By Matt Batcheldor
January 13, 2022

Eighteen years ago Kanisha Sizemore got a new kidney and pancreas. With her job in the Transplant Pharmacy she gives patients hope and perspective.

“Being a transplant recipient is a blessing, but it is also life changing in several ways.”

By Matt Batcheldor
The Eitl family poses with the plaque the family donated to thank the transplant team for taking care of Joe Eitl, who received a heart and liver transplant last year.
December 15, 2021

Down syndrome patient celebrates anniversary of novel transplant

Vanderbilt patient Joe Eitl was among the first patients in the country with Down syndrome to undergo a heart and liver transplant.

By Matt Batcheldor
December 9, 2021

Mary Marlowe decided to donate one of her kidneys. Four people received transplants as a result.

“It is amazing to see all the pieces come together from one person’s generosity.”

By Matt Batcheldor
October 7, 2021

Study seeks to improve kidney transplant outcomes among Black patients

By Bill Snyder
August 26, 2021

Family’s gift celebrates those who make transplants possible

All Coleen Leszczynski ever wanted was to be normal. Born with a congenital heart disease (CHD), she labored to breathe, having only three-quarters the oxygen capacity of a healthy person. Still, she fought to live, serving as a cardiac nurse in her native Philadelphia area for more than 16 years. She wanted to help people like her.
By Matt Batcheldor
August 20, 2021

There is a bell on the transplant unit. It rings in celebration — and memory

Coleen Leszczynski's family dedicated the bell, to be rung every time a transplant patient leaves the hospital
By Matt Batcheldor
August 19, 2021

Transplant Pharmacy’s Osman donates kidney to former boss

Over the last two years at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Transplant Pharmacy technician Sarah Osman, CPhT, has become very familiar with the process of organ transplantation.
By Matt Batcheldor
August 17, 2021

Vanderbilt Transplant Center to be focus of national TV series

A new documentary television series premiering this fall follows the life-saving stories of organ transplant patients at the Vanderbilt Transplant Center.
By Matt Batcheldor
July 29, 2021

Transplant Center honored  for organ donation efforts

Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Vanderbilt Transplant Center have won Platinum Recognition, the highest possible level of achievement, from the National Hospital Organ Donation Campaign of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
By Matt Batcheldor
July 12, 2021

Vanderbilt Transplant Center reaches new record number of transplants performed

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center performed a record number of solid organ transplants in fiscal year 2021 (FY 21) — 637 life-saving procedures among its adult and pediatric programs — despite occurring entirely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Matt Batcheldor