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
Tag: Living Donor
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
NOW – Episode 12
The 12th episode of NOW introduces you to a woman who saved the life of a stranger, welcomes the future of wheeled mobility and assistive… Read more
Christmas Comes Early for Liver Transplant Patient and Her Donor Son
In January 2018, Monet Buechel, 69, of Upper St. Clair, went to a local hospital for a routine medical procedure. Once the anesthesia wore off,… Read more
Adopted Daughter Gives Dad Second Chance Through Kidney Donation
Ronald Ruf and his wife adopted their daughter, Jessica Zimmer, when she was 2 months old. Little did they know that 36 years later, Zimmer… Read more