July 9, 2009
A Maryland doctor recently completed an eight-way kidney transplant, the first in history.
Press Release Service - Wired PR News – A surgeon in Maryland has reportedly performed the largest multiple kidney donation ever completed. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Dr. Robert Montgomery, Johns Hopkins Hospital chief surgeon, and physicians from four hospitals in […]
May 6, 2009
The first face transplant patient in the US spoke for the first time to media on Tuesday.
Wired PR News – A patient who received the first face transplant in the United States appeared publicly for the first time since her surgery to speak to the media. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Connie Culp […]
April 7, 2009
Doctors in France performed the first simultaneous face and hand transplant in the world over the weekend.
Wired PR News – The first simultaneous face and hand transplant in the world was performed over the weekend. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), a team of doctors at a hospital in France completed the milestone surgery […]
March 13, 2009
A chain of living kidney donors results in 10 lives saved over the course of a year.
Wired PR News – A kidney donation to a stranger by a man in Michigan has set off a chain reaction that some say might lead to increased survival rates for a larger number of those in need of […]
January 21, 2009
Sisters who share the same rare condition are both placed on transplant list, with one receiving heart several months later.
Wired PR News.com – A young girl in Texas received a new heart early this week, as her sister, who suffers from the same rare condition that warranted the need for a heart transplant continues to […]
December 17, 2008
The first U.S. face transplant is undertaken in Cleveland hospital.
Wired PR News.com – A woman has undergone the first face transplant in the nation this month in a Cleveland hospital. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Dr. Maria Sieminow, along with a team of other specialists, performed the operation using the face of a […]
November 20, 2008
The surgeon who performed the first heart transplant done in the United States has died, as reported by the Associated Press (AP). Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, passed away due to , was 90 years old.
Born in 1918 in New York City, the doctor was a student of New York University and the Long Island College of […]
