1,000 Organ Transplant Recipients, Their Donors And Families Reunite To Celebrate "Circle For Life" At NewYork-Presbyterian

Main Category: Transplants / Organ Donations
Article Date: 03 May 2007 - 18:00 PDT

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NewYork-Presbyterian Is Home to the USA's Largest Organ Transplant Program

WHO:
-- Close to 1,000 NewYork-Presbyterian transplant patients, donors and families
-- Dr. Herbert Pardes, president and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian
-- Dr. Lee Goldman, executive vice president for health and biomedical sciences at Columbia University, and dean of the faculties of health sciences and medicine at Columbia University Medical Center
-- Dr. Robert Brown, chief of abdominal organ transplantation and director of the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/ Columbia University Medical Center
-- Dr. Sandip Kapur, chief of the Division of Transplant Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
-- Dr. David Serur, associate medical director, Rogosin Institute Transplantation Program -Elaine Berg, president and CEO of the New York Organ Donor Network

WHEN:
Friday, May 4, 2007 - 11:15 a.m. (group photo opportunity), 11:30 (event begins)

WHERE:
168th St. Armory (168th St. and Ft. Washington Ave.)

Close to 1,000 organ transplantation patients, donors and their families will reunite with their medical teams to celebrate a second chance at life and to raise awareness of organ donation. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital performed more organ transplants than any other hospital in the U.S. in 2006. The Hospital, along with the Rogosin Institute, offers comprehensive and personalized care for the heart, liver, pancreas, kidney and lung. With outcomes ranked among the nation's best, NewYork-Presbyterian is dedicated to improving quality of life for its patients. A special video featuring surprise celebrity guests will be presented.

Organ Transplantation Innovations and Firsts at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's dedicated transplantation teams are responsible for many significant advances.

These include the following:

-- Nation's largest organ transplantation program.
-- Ranked as one of the top four kidney programs in the country by U.S.News & World Report.
-- First kidney transplant surgery in New York State and one of the first in the U.S. (1963).
-- First successful kidney swap in New York City (2006).
-- First successful islet cell transplantation in New York State (2005).
-- First successful heart transplant in a child (1984).
-- Holds the record for most heart transplants in one year: 118 in 2005.
-- One of the first in the world to perform adult living donor liver surgery and partial liver transplantation.
-- Development of innovative anti-rejection medications.
-- Development of molecular method to detect transplant rejection in kidney (2001).
-- Development of FDA-approved Left Ventricle Assist Device (LVAD) that functions as a bridge to transplantation for those waiting for a new heart.
-- Innovative minimally invasive surgery for living donors.
-- Leaders in enhancing liver regeneration and therapies to halt rejection.
-- NewYork-Presbyterian heart transplantation program, established in 1977, was one of the first in the nation.

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