News and views from across Mayo Clinic
January 21, 2022
Surprise tribute from transplant support group moves social worker to tears
By In the Loop
Over the holidays, members of the liver transplant support group at Mayo Clinic in Arizona surprised their leader, Jenna Rosenberg, with a book of gratitude. She was deeply moved by the gesture from group members who she says convey “hope, encouragement and validation to one another.” Jenna Rosenberg, a transplant social worker in Arizona, turned […]
Tags: Dr. Bashar Agel, Jenna Rosenberg, liver transplant, Transplant Center
December 12, 2019
‘Happy Liver-versary!’ Liver Transplant Patients Continue to Celebrate New Lives
By In the Loop
Ginger Brewer and her son, Mike, didn’t set out to help a total stranger navigate the process of having a liver transplant. But a chance meeting led to just that.
Tags: Liver Disease, liver transplant, Mayo Clinic in Florida
September 24, 2019
Get Me to the Church on Time: Transplant Patient Surprises Daughter on Wedding Day
By In the Loop
Just three weeks after a combined liver and kidney transplant at Mayo Clinic in Florida, Chris Nutter was able to fly to New York to surprise his daughter and walk her down the aisle.
Tags: Dr. Burcin Taner, Dr. Raj Satyanarayana, Dr. Shennen Mao, Jennifer Ayers, Kidney transplant, liver transplant, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Transplant Center
April 9, 2019
Thirty Years Later, Liver Transplant Patient MaryEllen Lannon Still Going Strong
By In the Loop
Before her transplant 30 years ago, MaryEllen Lannon was cautiously optimistic: there were so many unknowns at the time, yet she knew her Mayo care team would do everything they could to save her life.
Tags: Dr. Nicholas LaRusso, Dr. Russell Wiesner, liver transplant, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
November 8, 2018
Transplant Patient Finds Hope, Compassion and Second Chance at Mayo Clinic
By In the Loop
Scott St. Michel was in need of a liver transplant, but extra weight and the severity of his situation kept him off of the wait list — until surgeon Julie Heimbach, M.D., offered another option.
Tags: Dr. Julie Heimbach, liver transplant, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Mayo Clinic Transplant Center, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, sleeve gastrectomy
May 31, 2018
Heather Bird: From Transplant Patient to Mayo Clinic Transplant Nurse
By In the Loop
Heather Bird had planned to become a teacher. Instead, this summer she’ll start her career as a nurse at Mayo Clinic, where she had a lifesaving liver transplant and was inspired by her care.
Tags: cirrhosis, Heather Bird, liver transplant, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Nursing, porphyria
April 12, 2018
‘Selfless’ Patient Able to Continue Helping Others After Transplant
By In the Loop
When doctors told Ed Nelson he needed a new liver and kidney, he initially didn’t believe he deserved both transplants. His family and his care team at Mayo Clinic convinced him otherwise.
Tags: Dr. Charles Rosen, Gift of Life Transplant House, liver transplant, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Mayo Clinic Transplant Center, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
February 8, 2018
Gift of Life Forever Entwines Two Families
By In the Loop
Logan Luft was just 15 when he died in an ATV accident. His family donated his organs, and by chance (with a little help from social media) they were able to meet one of the grateful recipients.
Tags: liver transplant
March 21, 2017
Liver Transplant Patient Helps Set New Nighttime Skydiving Record
By In the Loop
A funny thing happened the other day as we were flipping through the January 2017 issue of Parachutist, the official magazine of the U.S. Parachute Association. (We’re behind in our reading but trying to pick up velocity.) A familiar name and face greeted us: Steve Woodford, a liver transplant patient featured in a Sharing […]
Tags: Bile duct cancer, Breast Cancer, Hepatitis, liver transplant
July 12, 2016
Transplant Patient Using Second Chance to Help Others
By In the Loop
Brian McIntyre doesn’t shy away from talking about the situation he’s in and how he got here. After living “a hard life of liquor and drugs for many years,” as chronicled in the Ottawa (Illinois) Times, he tells us he showed up at Mayo Clinic’s Rochester campus one day in 2009 out of desperation. “I […]
Tags: Dr. Charles Rosen, Dr. Kymberly Watt, Hepatitis, liver transplant
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