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Items Tagged ‘Transplant Center’

October 28, 2022

Caren Shank knows organ donation firsthand, works to ensure more families receive gift of life

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When Caren Shank’s husband Steve had a lung transplant, she was beside him every step of the way. Her experience with organ donation inspired her to work for LifeSource, connecting with Mayo Clinic staff to increase organ donation rates so more families have more time with the people they love. Caren Shank was there when […]

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Tags: LifeSource, Organ Donation, Transplant Center


August 18, 2022

Photo finish: Patient and physician find each other during marathon, cross finish line together

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Julianne Vasichek met Doug Simonetto, M.D., after her liver transplant at Mayo Clinic. When she realized they’d both be running this year’s Grandma’s Marathon, she wanted to snap a photo to show her care team “their efforts do such good.” They missed each other at the starting line but found each other late in the […]

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Tags: Dr. Douglas Simonetto, Primary sclerosing cholangitis, Transplant Center


January 21, 2022

Surprise tribute from transplant support group moves social worker to tears

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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 […]

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Tags: Dr. Bashar Agel, Jenna Rosenberg, liver transplant, Transplant Center


September 24, 2019

Get Me to the Church on Time: Transplant Patient Surprises Daughter on Wedding Day

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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.

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Tags: Dr. Burcin Taner, Dr. Raj Satyanarayana, Dr. Shennen Mao, Jennifer Ayers, Kidney transplant, liver transplant, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Transplant Center


May 17, 2018

Ahead of 20th Wedding Anniversary, Wife Gives Husband the Gift of Life

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Michelle Young recently lived up to the phrase “in sickness and in health” in a big way after she donated one of her kidneys to her husband. 

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Tags: Gift of Life Transplant House, Kidney transplant, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Transplant Center


November 11, 2014

Transplant House Reflects Founder’s Neighborly Ways

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Every patient has a story. The places where patients gather have their stories, too. One of those places – one where transplant patients can spend a fair bit of time while in Rochester – was highlighted, of all places, in a recent edition of RealtorMag. It likely would come as no surprise to guests that […]

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Tags: Edward Pompeian, Transplant Center, Transplant House, transplantation


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