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Liver
Terri’s More Than 30-Year-Old Transplanted Liver Gave Her a Chance to Grow Up
When Terri Lynne Willis visited her doctor Samir Parekh, MD, in the summer of 2021, her liver had recently turned 30 years old.
“I asked him, ‘Do you know anyone that was 40 years out?’”...
Organ Transplant
Powerful, Myth-Busting Facts About Organ Donation
Every 10 minutes, someone is added to the organ transplant waiting list in the United States and there are more than 100,000 people waiting for a donation. But despite such high demand, only 60%...
Liver
In Less Than Three Weeks, Stacy Had a New Liver — Thanks, in Part, to Emory Connected Care
Stacy was worried when she received a diagnosis of cirrhosis in January of 2020. Not only was she facing a chronic and potentially fatal disease; the world was beginning to face a medical crisis....
Liver
Emory Healthcare’s Liver Transplant Program Gave Stacy a New Chance at Life
You wouldn’t know it looking at her today, but a little more than a year ago, Stacy was at Emory University Hospital facing the possibility that she wouldn’t be going home. A diagnosis of...
Living Donor
Living Kidney Donor: Joe Johnson’s Miracle for a Stranger
In life, some things just fall into place. In 2015, Joe Johnson was a 58-year-old retiree, enjoying an easy life of golfing, fishing and aviation (he’s a private pilot). One day, a random online...
Heart
A Beating Heart: Groundbreaking Transplant Study Offers New Hope for Patients with End-Stage Heart Failure
There are roughly 3,500 Americans currently waiting for heart transplant surgery. Those are men, women and children struggling with end-stage heart failure and hoping that they will soon get a call notifying them that...
Lung
Athlete, Husband, Double-Lung Transplant Recipient
Nolan Gottlieb is Still Living Life to the Fullest, Despite the Toll of Cystic Fibrosis
The first day Nolan Gottlieb worked out with the men’s basketball team at Anderson University, he had one request for...
Organ Transplant
COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendation for Emory Transplant Center Patients
Emory Transplant Center recognizes that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought many challenges and concerns this past year to our transplant patients. There is now excitement about the two COVID-19 vaccines that have been approved...
