Stories of Care & Discovery

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Decisions in a Heartbeat: How Two UVA Researchers Help Children on Transplant Waitlist

Researchers seek to increase successful transplants by analyzing 10 years of patient data.

Wende Whitman (UVA Today)

Conor standing wearing a backpack and a mask

Boy Wonder

A liver transplant gives Conor the chance to grow up healthy and, one day, help other kids like him.

Kelly Casey

Q&A: Marathon-Running Doc Boosts Organ Transplants, Targets Diabetes Cure

Q&A: Marathon-Running Doc Boosts Organ Transplants, Targets Diabetes Cure

Dr. José Oberholzer, recently honored by the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, has nearly doubled organ transplants at UVA, pioneered juvenile diabetes treatments – and run 25 marathons to help the cause

UVA Today

Overcoming the Organ Shortage: Myths vs. Facts about Transplant

Overcoming the Organ Shortage: Myths vs. Facts About Transplant

Almost two dozen eligible patients die each day waiting for available organs. To overcome the organ shortage, we need more donors.

Healthy Balance

Our Journey Through Lung Transplant: A Patient’s Story

Our Journey Through Lung Transplant: A Patient’s Story

Louisa County, VA, resident Pat Gutekenst battled COPD and had a lung transplant at UVA. He and his wife, Stacey, contributed this post. Read their story.

Healthy Balance