Meet the Mount Sinai Pediatric Liver Team May 9, 2013 The Pediatric Liver Team of Mount Sinai’s Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute includes a special group of young patients and their compassionate doctors.
Mom Gives Baby Daughter the Gift of Life April 2, 2012 Jennilynne Barters, who donated a piece of her liver to her seven month-old daughter Ellieanna, talks with members of RMTI’s pediatric liver transplant team about the ‘split-liver’ transplant that saved her daughter’s life.
A Very Rare Transplant Saves Baby Anthony March 30, 2012 RMTI surgeons tell the story of the very rare, high-risk type of liver transplant they successfully performed on Anthony Gallagher when he was eight months-old that saved his life.
A Life-Saving Transplant: Baby Ariz March 29, 2012 Dr. Sander Florman talks about the life-saving liver transplant he and a team of specialists at Mount Sinai performed on Ariz Gadat when Ariz was less than a month old and weighed only seven pounds.
A Second Chance at Life: Laureen March 22, 2012 Laureen Gerzack, a nurse and kidney/pancreas transplant recipient, talks about how lucky she feels to have gotten a second chance at life.
Living Donation: Kelly and Netfa March 19, 2012 Kelly Belgrave, a kidney/pancreas transplant recipient, is now dialysis-free and no longer requires daily insulin injections, thanks to her fiancé and living donor Netfa Rickets.
Short Bowel Syndrome February 29, 2012 Dr. Lauren Schwartz, a gastroenterologist and intestinal rehabilitation and transplant specialist, discusses a rare condition known as short bowel syndrome that affects about 40,000 Americans.
Completing Your Transplantation Evaluation November 28, 2011 Dr. Michael Goldstein, Director of the Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation Program at Mount Sinai, explains what you need to do to complete your transplant evaluation.
Transplantation Evaluation Process August 2, 2011 RMTI team explains the transplantation evaluation process for organ donors and recipients.