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…

Danny's Double-Lung Transplant at UF Health

Imagine having the opportunity to save someone’s life by making a simple decision. In 2021, Danny Sams faced the harsh reality of pulmonary fibrosis, a lung…

Becoming a Living Kidney Donor: 6 Things to Know About the Process

Most of us are born with two kidneys. In 2023, more than 6,900 kidney transplants were made possible by living donors – people who chose to offer one of their…

UF Health researchers developing AI system aimed at improving kidney transplant outcomes

September 28, 2023

For people needing a kidney transplant, there has long been a sobering reality: The demand for usable organs falls well short of the supply. Now, University of…

UF Health Shands Transplant Center programs among nation’s best

July 13, 2023

Liver transplant program outcomes No. 1 nationally, kidney a close second

Not all superheroes wear capes

“Zach was the one that if you were on the side of the road, and you looked like you needed help, he would stop,” said his mother, Michelle Trevellick, R.N., a…

Could You Save a Life With a Living Organ Donation?

At this moment, more than 100,000 people are on a waiting list for an organ transplant in the United States, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing…

Putting Practice into Action

For 18 years, Sandra “Sandy” Demasters-Reynolds, M.S.N, R.N., CCTC, has served as the living donor program manager at the UF Health Shands Transplant Center.…

Facts and Benefits of Organ Donation

Today, there are over 110,000 people nationwide on the organ transplant waiting list hoping for a life-extending donation.

The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Valentine’s Day is a time for loving, sharing and caring. We know what this means in the romantic sense, but what if there were a more meaningful way to…