Jun 30, 2021 | News, Press, Press Releases
A fortunate stroke of serendipity occurred one day when two co-workers, Tia Wimbush and Susan Ellis, of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta struck up a conversation while washing their hands in the ladies’ room. It was just casual chit-chat since the women didn’t...
Jun 21, 2021 | News, Press, Press Releases
CARRIERE, Miss. (AP via FOX59 News): Father’s Day, like Mother’s Day, is filled with heart-warming stories highlighting the special relationship and bond shared between parent and child. A story emerged this recent Father’s Day that echoes the...
Apr 27, 2021 | News, Press, Press Releases
Eric Buchanan lived a life of service. He was only in his thirties when he transitioned this world. People described Eric as a fighter and a “go getter” of the millennial generation. He was an extremely motivated person in every aspect of his life. He battled...
Apr 23, 2021 | News, Press, Press Releases
During Kids Transplant Week, transplant dad and UNOS board member, Joseph Hillenburg, provides an update on his son, Ben, who is lovingly referred to as Mr. Recycled Parts. He also offers insight into what life was like for transplant families in 2020. During the...
Apr 20, 2021 | News, Press, Press Releases
The day after Penelope Hansen was born, doctors told her mother there was a problem, but Penelope was not diagnosed with biliary atresia until she was five weeks old. Biliary atresia is a rare pediatric liver disease, in which the bile ducts are missing or blocked. It...
Mar 23, 2021 | News, Press, Press Releases
Receiving a new kidney through an organ transplant offers a second chance at life for patients who have longed to live a normal life free from years of suffering. A kidney is one of those organs that can be donated by a living donor from a family member, friend, or...
Mar 9, 2021 | News, Press, Press Releases
Losing a loved one is never easy. Working through grief can be a long, hard process. To channel their grief, many families chose to honor their loved ones by helping others. “While some people erect plaques, statues or buildings to remember a loved one who has...
Mar 3, 2021 | News, Press, Press Releases
According to the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), help for living donors may be imminent due to changes that may occur nationally related to present and future benefits for living donors. A kidney is one of several organs that can be donated by a living donor to a...
Jan 19, 2021 | News, Press, Press Releases
2020 was a challenging year for everyone, particularly those who are immunocompromised like the transplant patients served by the National Foundation for Transplants. Thanks to organ donors, transplant centers, and the generosity of supporters, . Over 190 NFT...
Dec 22, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
It’s been well over a week now since Poppy left home. I’m Poppy’s wife, Julie, and Poppy’s real name is Nick Monaco. On Friday, December 11th around 1:00 pm, Poppy and I had just finished with lunch when the call came from the hospital. The day started off as not a...
Dec 16, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
Have you ever wondered what’s the financial benefit in donating stocks to charity? Let’s take the epic year 2020 into consideration. The year of the life altering, unforgettable COVID-19 pandemic. As the virus spread across the globe, the stock market fell. If you...
Dec 1, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
Cardiothoracic surgeon and transplant specialist, Dr. Marzia Leacche, is set to lead Spectrum’s heart transplant and VAD program. Dr. Leacchie joins an exclusive group of female surgical directors, perhaps five in the entire country, according to officials who say...
Nov 18, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
Support the greater good with a financial donation to the National Foundation for Transplants! NFT Greatest Need Support A Patient Shop Amazon...
Nov 11, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
Another recent report reveals the human spirit of kindness and compassion is alive and thriving. The number of living organ donors helping strangers continue to grow. Joe Napsha with the Tribe, a Pennsylvania newspaper, reports on the latest act of donor kindness,...
Nov 3, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
The lives of one southern Indiana family has been touched by all life has to offer: love, tribulations, success, even an act of force majeure. It has been a roller coaster ride for this close-knit family who always remember to extend kindness to one another and...
Oct 27, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
Three years ago, Breanna Sipple, while scrolling her Facebook newsfeed, came across a status update from Rich Francis. Rich was appealing to family, friends, and followers on behalf of his wife, Erin, who was in need of a kidney donation. Erin suffered from a...
Oct 20, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
Earlier this year, the National Foundation for Transplants covered the story of the first COVID-19 lung transplant patient, Mayra Ramirez. Since Mayra’s double lung transplant, there have been five more successful lung transplants performed in the United States and...
Oct 12, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
“If you have a car, motorcycle, ATV, lawn mower, bicycle, or pony, please join us on Highland Street,” Richard Creamer announced. “Let’s show little Genny and her family some big love.” Creamer, referred to as a hero for his thoughtfulness, is the neighbor of a sweet,...
Oct 6, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
Tennessee is the home of the National Foundation for Transplants headquarters. Although records are sketchy, it appears it may also be the state that holds a unique piece of transplant history. On September 7, 1985, Dr. David Glassford, now retired, performed a heart...
Sep 30, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
San Anselmo, California resident Missy Schwen Ryan holds four world records. In 1996, she and her rowing partner won a silver medal during the Olympic games held in Atlanta. In 2000, they won a bronze medal during games held in Sydney, Australia. Additionally, they...
Sep 22, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
“Although blood and marrow transplant (BMT) can cure leukemia and lymphoma, some people can’t find a fully matched donor. And people with diverse ethnic backgrounds may have more difficulty finding a match. New research shows that two types of partly matched...
Sep 15, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
Jim Taylor, a writer for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, in his Savvy Senior beat, received a question from a senior citizen, “Am I too old to be an organ donor?” The question came from a senior who said he never thought about becoming an organ donor until his brother...
Sep 9, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
Americans are a resilient group and we love to celebrate important milestones. Recently, Vanderbilt Health, a transplant center that NFT has worked with for many years, discharged a patient and a celebration was in order. Lee Foster, after his recent kidney...
Sep 1, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
What it is. How to get involved. How to offset expenses. Organ donation from a living donor provides a transplant patient with shorter or no wait time; quicker recovery time; and improved long-term outcomes making living donations the preferred type for donations like...
Aug 25, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
Earlier this year when NFT first reported a COVID-19 patient had received a double-lung transplant the world didn’t know the patient’s name or much else about them except they were struggling to recover from surgery. However, at the time, it was revealed the patient...
Aug 19, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
As NFT celebrates National Minority Donor Awareness Month, we recognize the important work started by Howard University during the late 1970s. In 1978, one of the country’s most well-known HBCUs Howard University, embarked on a journey to discover the feelings and...
Jul 14, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
At the age of 13, JaShawn Lemar Scott signed up to be an organ donor. He’s the son of KeShaunta and Justin Scott. His mother said JaShawn led a purpose-filled life and had a heart of gold. Four years after becoming an organ donor, JaShawn’s decision saved five...
Jun 30, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
Al Nykamp, a NFT patient, was diagnosed with three conditions, hemophilia, Hepatitis C, and cancer over his lifetime beginning when he was a newborn. He shared in an interview in May with Rene Wisely of Michigan Health that being cured of his conditions was...
Jun 24, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
When the National Foundation for Transplants opened its COVID-19 Response Center in April, it was to help transplant patients navigate financial challenges during a difficult time. Patients who had either received their transplant or were waiting for their second...
May 12, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
Memphis Business JournalJason BoltonData Editor and Health Care/Innovation ReporterMay 7, 2020, 1:59pm EDT “The James D. Eason Transplant Institute at Methodist University Hospital has continued life-saving transplants throughout the coronavirus pandemic....
Apr 22, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
Reprinted by permission of Dr. Alin Gragossian. Original title “Restrictions” follow her transplant journey at A Change of Heart Last year, after my transplant, I had restrictions. People would ask me all the time, “Okay, like you’re good now,...
Apr 8, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases, Special Appeal
The COVID-19 pandemic has created special challenges for transplant patients. Included among the “most vulnerable population” by the Center for Disease Control these patients also face significant financial challenges. Two doctors who are also organ transplant...
Mar 27, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases, Special Appeal
Dr. Lilian Lam is a microbiologist, and received her transplant amidst the COVID-19 crisis. Dr. Alin Gragossian received her transplant just over a year ago, and is an emergency medicine resident at the frontlines in the fight against the outbreak. Two heart...
Mar 2, 2020 | News, Press Releases
The year 2019 was a record-breaker for living donor transplants. In a recent update to those astonishing numbers, UNOS took a look at hospitals leading the way in living donor liver transplants. According to a newly released report, “61 transplant hospitals across...
Jan 29, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
The year 2019 was the 7th consecutive record-breaking year for transplants. According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) close to 40,000 transplants were performed nationwide with nearly 7,400 of those being “living donor” transplants. The number of...
Jan 14, 2020 | News, Press, Press Releases
Living donors are transforming organ and tissue donations in the United States. While transplants from living donors have been around for a while, many transplant patients are unfamiliar with this option. Transplant centers are empowering patients through education...
Apr 7, 2021 | News, Press
Kidney and liver donations are on the rise from living donors. The liver is one of the body’s most amazing organs because of its ability to regenerate. Thousands of Americans in need of a kidney or liver donation lives can be spared by an organ donation from a family...
