Learn about the non-medical risks associated with being a living liver donor and available resources to help make an informed decision, as explained by Megan Homsy, LISW-S, a transplant social worker at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. For more information about liver transplantation at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center – Comprehensive […]
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Forty-six year old Mike Robison, living in Arizona, decided to donate his kidney to his older brother, Steve living in Columbus, Ohio. The transplant took place at the Comprehensive Transplant Center at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Steve, in his 50s, talks about his time on dialysis and looking for a living donor. […]
Twenty-one years ago when kidney disease resulted in the need for a transplant for Jonathan, his wife, Gaile, insisted on being his living kidney donor. When Jonathan needed a second kidney transplant, his adopted son, Josh, was determined to gift his father a kidney. #shorts #livingkidneydonor For more information about living kidney donation at The […]
Twenty-one years ago when kidney disease resulted in the need for a transplant for Jonathan, his wife, Gaile, was determined to be his living kidney donor. The transplant at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center was a success, and the experience of organ donation changed both of their lives. #shorts #livingkidneydonor #osuwexmed For more […]
Last month, #OSUWexMed transplant surgeons performed a 5-way kidney transplant chain. The donors were friends, family members, cousins – and Kim, an altruistic donor with no relationship to any of the recipients, who kicked off the chain. “I’m really lucky that I’m healthy and have a good support system, and I really wanted to give […]
Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center follows up with three living kidney donors 5+ years after their donation surgery. For more information visit http://go.osu.edu/LivingDonorProgram Organ Transplant (Medical Specialty),Living Kidney Donation,Kidney Transplantation (Medical Treatment),The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center,Ohio State’s Comprehensvie Transplant Center,Living Donor,Rollie Merrieman,Marsheen Campbell,Jackie Wright,OSU
Last week, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center completed a 10-way living kidney donation chain – one of the largest single institution chains in the United States to date. 20 people underwent surgery over two days with Samantha, a non-directed donor who had no personal connection to anyone else in the chain, kicking things […]