Triple Pair Living Kidney Donation Changes Lives at UF Health Shands Hospital
On a sunny December afternoon, in a room high atop the UF Health Heart and Vascular Hospital overlooking the University of Florida campus, six people whose…
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Innovative Incisions: At UF Health, Precision Medicine and AI Advance Transplantation
When it comes to transplant quality, the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients has consistently evaluated UF Health Shands Hospital as a top destination…
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Alecia Defeats Decades of Heart Failure With Historic Transplant at UF Health
Alecia Cosey came to, slumped over in the driver’s seat, to find her 16-year-old daughter crying and gripping the steering wheel. “Momma, are you OK?” Dayshai…
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As Matteo Waits for a New Heart, UF Health Gives Him a Field Trip To Remember
Being in the hospital is difficult for many patients. For some, it’s the moments of waiting — for a transplant, for healing, for a glimpse of normal life…
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UF Health Breathes Hope Into Eduardo After Suffering From Rare Lung Disease
Eduardo’s story begins in Puerto Rico, where he was born a healthy, full-term baby with no apparent complications. However, at just 5 months old, his health…
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Five Years After Receiving Transplant, Cole Is Empowering Patients at UF Health Ocala Neighborhood Hospital
All his life, Cole Tumey has lived with end-stage renal disease, a chronic kidney condition where the kidneys lose the ability to remove waste and balance…
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UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine Hosts Ceremony to Honor Patient’s New Heart
Amid the steady beeping of the heart monitor, Tammy Bernard, UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine practitioner, and Jeanne Dickman, a heart transplant patient at…
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Double Blessings: Charlie’s Lung Transplant Story
After eight years and one long-awaited wedding to his best friend, Charlie Welborn will celebrate Valentine’s Day feeling like an extremely lucky man.
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Lightning Strikes Again: Aniesia’s Kidney Transplant
It’s often said that lightning doesn’t strike twice, but in Ben and Felicia Morris’ life, it sure did. Ben and Felicia are the parents of three daughters…
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Canvas of Hope: Paulette Finds Hope Through Art While Awaiting Lung Transplant
Awaiting an organ transplant can bring many emotions and questions. How long will I be here? How will my body react? How can I prepare myself? The noises of…
