Transplant In the News

View current news clips below featuring Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC’s transplant patients, programs and staff. Check back often for continued updates.

July 2009
Pitt. hospitals perform first paired transplants
CBS3 (Associated Press), (7/15/09)

2 families share kidneys, hope with each other
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (7/15/09)

Video: Families in paired kidney exchange meet for first time
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (7/15/09)

Families celebrate successful paired kidney transplants
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, (7/15/09)

Kidney transplant bonds two families
KDKA-TV (with video link), (7/15/09)

Historic paired transplant switches kidneys among Pittsburgh families
WTAE-TV (with video link), (7/15/09)

Patient, 5, recovering well after historic transplant
WPXI-TV (with video link), (7/15/09)

Another transplant milestone
KQV (audio link), (7/15/09)

June 2009
Saved: Shelby boy back in form after liver transplant
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, (6/15/09)

May 2009
New Zealand girl awaiting transplant befriended by Plum family
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, (5/28/09)

Children's Hospital: New beginnings and look at the past Through the eyes of a child
OnQ (video links), (5/20/09)

Heart transplant means a second chance for Gowanda teen
Buffalo News, (5/20/09)

March 2009
Oregon baby with bad heart in Pittsburgh for care
MSNBC, (3/2/09)

Baby closer to heart transplant, mother says
KATU-TV, (3/2/09)

February 2009
Girl gets life saving transplant
WREG, (2/24/09)

A breath of life
Harrisonburg Daily News Record, (2/9/09)

January 2009
Hospital helps keep boy alive, then sends him to Super Bowl
N.Y. Times, (2/1/09

December 2008
Around the park: Zac Johnson's transplant a success; family home in SP after 15 months
Annapolis Capital Gazette, (12/31/08)

Roses for transplant patients
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (link to video), (12/30/08)

UPMC picks transplant director
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (12/17/08)

August 2008

Nation's first child to receive heart-double lung-liver transplant celebrates 10th anniversary of historic procedure at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Houston Chronicle, (08/28/08)

Transplant, mother gives part of liver to save son
Erie Times-News, (08/21/08)

July 2008
Girl, 7, awaits three-organ transplant
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, (07/18/08)

Close of transplant games celebrates life
WTAE (with video links), (07/16/08)

The Transplant Games: Donor family, liver recipient get chance to bond
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (07/16/08)

Transplant Games: TV newswoman who gave part of her liver to her son rejoices in his recovery
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (07/15/08)

June 2008
Double heart transplant recipient is games veteran
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (06/04/08)

City warms up for 10th U.S. Transplant Games
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (06/04/08)

April 2008
Double lung transplant gives teen hope after a lifetime of struggle
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (04/27/08)

February 2008
Staying strong through liver transplant
Jambar.com, (2/19/08)

September 2007
Health alert: Finding the right anti-rejection dosage for transplant patients
WIS-TV (SC) (with video link), (9/27/07)

Video: 17-month-old has liver/kidney transplant surgery
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (video link), (9/21/07)

Baltimore boy gets part of dad's liver, grandma's kidney
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (9/21/07)

Dad, grandma are donors for child's double transplant
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (9/21/07)

Predicting transplant rejection
HOI19 (IL), (9/4/07)

August 2007
The Beating Heart
WSOC (NC), (8/31/07)

Study predicting risk of transplant rejection
KDKA (with video link), (8/29/07)

July 2007
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh performs first "domino" liver transplants
Pop City, (7/25/07)

Foreigners fret over funds for U.S. medical care
MSNBC/Associated Press, (7/22/07)

Children’s Hospital liver recipients give world of thanks
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, (7/19/07)

Pittsburgh hospital performs rare liver transplant
Phillyburbs.com/Associated Press, (7/18/07)

Unusual Transplant Changes Two Lives at Children’s
KDKA (with video link), (7/18/07)

May 2007
2007 Top Doctors
Pittsburgh Magazine, (5/2007)

October 2006
Research aims to lessen pediatric tissue rejection
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (10/12/06)

September 2006
Domino transplants save two patients
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (9/29/06)

Fox News correspondent's living donor transplant saved her infant son
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (9/26/06)

July 2006
Less drugs better for transplant survival
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (7/24/06)

June 2006
Catherine Herridge fights to save her son's life
Fox News, (6/6/06)

Children's Hospital honored
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (6/3/06)

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Receives congressional recognition as pediatric
transplant leader
Medical News Today, (6/3/06)

April 2006
Patients with rare metabolic disorder get shot at eating cheeseburgers
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (4/11/06)

Liver transplants provide long-term control of rare disorder
Medpage Today, (4/11/06)

October 2005
Liver transplant may help treat rare disease
MSNBC/Associated Press, (10/24/05)

Liver transplants curing genetic disease in children
Fox News/Associated Press, (10/24/05)

June 2005
Children with Maple Syrup Urine Disease one-year post-transplant - kids no longer have life threatening disease
Science Daily, (6/26/05)

Only transplant center that developed comprehensive protocol for liver transplants in kids with MSUD
Medical News Today, (6/17/05)

May 2005
Children's given $10 million
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (5/20/05)

Children’s Hospital gets $10 million Hillman grant
WPXI, (5/19/05)

July 2004
New liver gives boy, 4, a taste for life
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (7/21/04)