To her students at Timber Trails Elementary School in Hoffman Estates, Katie Pappas is more than a health teacher. She is a ...

A pancreas transplant is a surgical procedure that involves taking the healthy pancreas of a donor and implanting it into the body of a person with insulin-treated diabetes (usually type 1 diabetes).

assistant professor of Surgery in the Division of Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation. “We also appreciated knowing where the kidney was during transport and knowing the organ temperature.” ...

Yet, even in era 5, less than one-half of all pancreas transplant centers performed one or more PTA. We found a significant increase, over time, in the median PTA recipient age: from 31 years ...

It was while I was waiting for a transplant that I heard about a new operation available at Guy's Hospital in London. Amazingly, I could have a double kidney and pancreas transplant. The pancreas ...

The Ochsner Transplant Institute in New Orleans stands as a national leader in organ transplant surgery. Since 1984, ...

The transplant took place the day after Christmas last year, and Carrie said, “I guess it was a physical gift, but I didn’t get him a wrapped gift.” Dr. Stephen Potter, director of pancreas ...

April is National Donate Life Month, meant to raise awareness for organ donations. There’s such a big need that even some of ...