Transplant

May 24, 2013

Stem Cell Transplant Survivors Reunion

By Doug Campbell
February 14, 2013

VUMC’s Hoy lands transplant provider award

Haley Hoy, Ph.D., ACNP, recently received the 2013 Advanced Transplant Provider Award from the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) during its Winter Symposium.

By Jessica Pasley
December 20, 2012

Son’s kidney donation to his mother the ultimate gift

By Jessica Pasley
November 8, 2012

Kidney Transplantation Program celebrates 50 years

There are many reasons why David Shaffer, M.D., surgical director of the Kidney Transplantation Program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, loves his job.

By Jessica Pasley
Transplant surgery
September 20, 2012

Transplant Center programs honored for strong outcomes

Three Vanderbilt Transplant Center programs were recently recognized for having high-performing outcomes by the Donation and Transplantation Community of Practice of the Health Resources and Services Administration.

By Jessica Pasley
April 12, 2012

Targeting post-transplant diabetes

Targeting diabetes that develops after a stem cell transplant may help moderate graft-vs.-host disease, an adverse effect of the procedure, and improve outcomes.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 5, 2012

Number of heart transplants at VUMC on rise

By Jessica Pasley
June 8, 2006

First Adult Cancer Patient in Nashville to Receive Stem Cell Transplant from Umbilical Cord Blood at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

When 24-year-old Charles Dougherty checks into Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center tomorrow, he'll be preparing for a treatment that has never been performed before in an adult patient in Nashville, and will be only the second case in Tennessee history.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 16, 2005

First-time surgery may save newborn from bowel transplant

The newborn baby of a Fort Campbell soldier family has become the first to receive a new type of surgery at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 8, 2004

Infant Twins’ Sudden Illness Leads to Need for Dual Heart Transplants at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Four-month-old identical twins Abigail and Shea Patrick were miracle babies. Their parents tried to have children for years.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 30, 2003

VUMC receives top international ranking for heart transplant trial

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been ranked No. 3 worldwide in enrollment for an international trial testing the efficacy of a new immunosuppressant drug for use in heart transplant patients.
By VUMC News and Communications
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