Born without working intestines, Zeke Atchison got a new chance at a full life, thanks to our Pediatric Intestinal Transplant Program, the only multi-abdominal organ transplant center on the West Coast.
Unfortunately, Black and Hispanic children who are awaiting liver transplant may face disparities during the pediatric transplant process. Here’s what’s being done to address them.
“Ocean was in dire need of a liver transplant,” says Carlos Esquivel, MD, pediatric transplant surgeon. “He was very ill and running out of time to wait for a compatible pediatric donor. We rarely get a pediatric donor. We had an offer for him from an adult donor that was his only chance for survival. We were able to use a small segment of the donated liver to save his life.”
During African American Heritage Night at Chase Center, seven Stanford Medicine Children’s Health transplant patients… Read more »
Joseph Sanchez-Munoz is special. He has had three transplants—a kidney, liver and heart—at three different points in his life. And now, he’s honoring his donors on a national stage.
Martin Alvarez’s case demonstrates why Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford has the best three-year patient survival rate in the U.S.
Nevaeh has a medical condition that limits her in many ways. Seeing the ‘Bejeweled’ singer in concert wasn’t one of them, thanks to a generous donor and Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.
Zero signs of rejection despite her second intestinal transplant, thanks to advanced protocols and innovations at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.
A patient describes how a pediatric liver transplant pioneer saved her life twice as she celebrates his 35 years of service in the Bay Area.
Organ Donor Awareness Day with SF Giants.
Felix is the first infant to receive a live donor liver transplant that was removed laparoscopically from an adult donor on the West Coast.
Following a CDC alert about a cluster of rare hepatitis cases in children, a Stanford Medicine Children’s Health pediatric hepatologist provides guidance for parents.
Parents met with the liver transplant team and a month later she had transplant surgery.
A full liver transplant was his best chance of survival.
Biliary atresia is a rare disease, occurring in about 1 in 12,000 U.S. births.
A spirit of cooperation drives care and research at Packard Children’s.
Donate Life Month: Families share the challenges and victories of awaiting organ transplant.
“Play Ball!!” Austin Salinas, age four, who is awaiting a kidney transplant at Packard Children’s, kicks off the annual Donate Life game with the SF Giants.
An ambulance rushed Dane to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. At four-pounds Dane Conrads was the smallest transplant the team had ever done.
Physician’s assistant, Melanie Merrill-Kennedy, adopts Pochie, a liver transfer patient under her care.
Newly released data show that the transplant center at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford is once again confirmed as the national leader in pediatric organ transplantation.
Three decades ago, in the early days of liver transplant, babies with liver failure usually died. Transplants were saving adults and older children, but were not offered to patients younger than 2. For these youngsters, doctors thought, the operation was too risky and difficult. But an ambitious surgeon named Carlos Esquivel changed that.
When it comes to life-saving liver transplantation for children, receiving an organ from a living… Read more »
A liver tumor for 5-year-old Finn might have required a transplant, but our doctors had a better plan.
In an extremely rare three-day series of transplants in May, three young adults received new hearts at the Children’s Heart Center at Packard Children’s, including an extraordinarily uncommon double-organ heart and liver transplant.
“There’s nothing like having a bond with someone else who knows exactly what you’re going through.”
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