WVU MEDICINE WVU Medicine joined Donate Life West Virginia and organizations around the state in celebration of West Virginia Donor Day on Monday. Hundreds of West Virginians […]
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Hospitals hosting events for Donate Life Month
The hospitals of Mon Health recognize the meaning of organ donation and the life-saving difference it makes with awareness events throughout the month. On Tuesday, Mon Health […]
Surgeons perform state’s first liver explant for tumor resection and liver autotransplant
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Surgeons at WVU Medicine performed the state’s first liver explant for tumor resection and liver autotransplant — a rare procedure that requires a multi-disciplinary team of […]
W.Va. Donor Day Sunday
Newsroom@DominionPost.com More than 107,000 people are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant in the United States, including 500 West Virginians. But only 30% of West Virginians are […]
Trump’s organ donation policy fix would save lives
The U.S. has a deadly shortage of donor kidneys, livers and other organs for transplant. The wait list is about 110,000 patients long, and every day 20 […]
Dual transplant patient in recovery, thanks GoFundMe benefactors
It just may have been the most ordinary, extraordinary call on the planet, the recipient laughed. “Your heart is ready.” “Seriously?” “Yes, sir.” “What time do I […]
Landmark transplant patient is on the mend
Nark “K.D.” Kumaravelan, the Morgantown restaurateur who underwent a landmark heart and kidney transplant last month at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, didn’t have it quite right, the […]
Transplant program fills need in state
WVU Medicine Jeremy Cushwa isn’t the type of guy to back down from a challenge. Diagnosed with renal failure nearly five years ago, Cushwa, 31, began a […]
A Step Forward
WVU Medicine begins to evaluate candidates for kidney transplants WVU Medicine is evaluating kidney transplant candidates as it moves closer toward becoming the first medical center in […]
WVU Medicine 1st multi-organ transplant center in West Virginia
WVU Medicine WVU Medicine received approval from the United Network for Organ Sharing to offer kidney transplants, making it West Virginia’s first and only fully functional multi-organ […]
