It’s another busy day at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Paula Eicker, MSN and senior director of oncology, transplant and neuro diagnostics, knows that each… Read more
Category: transplant
NOW – Episode 14
Donate Life Month is a time to honor organ donors, transplant recipients, their support team and the clinical staffers who make it all possible. Here’s… Read more
After double lung transplant, Pittsburgh woman ready to live again
Given her family’s health history, Sarah Mercer knew she might be at risk for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). That’s why when she was hospitalized for… Read more
New York Native Receives ‘Miracle’ Heart Transplant
Five years ago, Angela Colosi, 54, was in Hawaii on vacation with her husband. While they snorkeled in crowded shallow waters, someone bumped into her… Read more
How UPMC is Expanding its Living-Donor Liver Transplant Program
A patient in the Williamsport, Pennsylvania, area needs a liver transplant. Up until about a year ago, the only option was to wait for a… Read more