Cleveland Clinic’s Weston Hospital completed its 200th heart transplant when 41-year old Lauderdale Lakes resident Yanice Davis received a new heart in mid-December.
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Dad Meets Heart Donor’s Family For First Time After 113 Days In Hospital
Three days after Christmas, Ken Vogelsong received one extra gift – an emotional embrace with Lisa Bragg, the mother of his heart donor, Markus Abbott. “Markus is my hero,” said Ken, 45, who met Lisa for the first time, at the Scott Emergency Communications Center in Davenport, Iowa. It was there, on January 19, 2018, that … Read More
Organ Transplants Reach Record Levels at Cleveland Clinic in 2018
Organ transplants in the United States hit a record in 2018. According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), 36,527 organ transplants were performed in the U.S. Cleveland Clinic followed the national trend. The hospital system saw a 24 percent increase in solid organ transplants in 2018, compared to 2017. According to Lifebanc, more … Read More
Feeling Thankful: Businessman Celebrates New Heart with the Cardiologists Who Helped Save His Life
For Thanksgiving dinner 2018, Christian Bernadotte sat in the same exact seat as Thanksgiving dinner 2017, at the home of his friend, Gosta Pettersson, M.D., Ph.D. Only this year, he didn’t slump over, unconscious, in the lap of Tina, the wife of another fellow Swede, Per Wierup, M.D., Ph.D. The implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in … Read More
Transplant Recipient Celebrates 30 Years with Same Heart
Thirty years ago, Ryan Zinn’s goals were understandably short-term: Get back to school. Start running again. Lift weights. Be valedictorian of his high school class. He achieved them all. Today, the 45-year-old Columbus resident tends to have more of an extended vision, like being there to enjoy the occasion when his now 3-year-old daughter, Sylvia, … Read More
After 104-Day Hospitalization, Heart Transplant Recipient Celebrates 21st Birthday
Kevin Detweiler Jr. turned 21 on July 28. It was a milestone that seemed a long shot just six months ago, when a critical care transport team rushed him by helicopter from Cleveland Clinic’s Hillcrest Hospital to the main campus. Afflicted with a rare form of genetic mitochondrial disease, which disables the body’s ability to … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Researcher Receives $2.8 Million Grant to Improve Heart Transplant Outcomes
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Cleveland Clinic researcher Eileen Hsich, M.D., $2.8 million over four years to evaluate disparities in survival among heart failure patients before and after heart transplantation and to create tools that would optimize outcomes. “We believe that to improve care for those with heart failure awaiting transplant, we must … Read More
Man Walks 357 Miles From Ohio To White House 1 Year After Heart Transplant
On more than one occasion in the past month, especially when caught in the rain, Gene Shimandle has been slightly unrecognizable. “I must admit, I do look a little rough sometimes,” said Gene, 62, with a laugh, during a break near the end of his 357-mile walk from Cleveland to Washington, D.C. Such is … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Establishes UAE’s First Comprehensive Organ Transplant Program
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates: Physicians at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi have made history in the UAE by developing a comprehensive multi-organ transplant program which is already transforming patients’ lives. This month, the multi-specialty hospital successfully completed the United Arab Emirates’ first full liver transplant on Feb. 1, 2018, and first lung transplant on Feb. 11, … Read More
Meet The Transplant Recipient With Same Heart for 29 Years
Two-year-old Sylvia Rose James Zinn can proudly state all four of her names, when asked. One day, her father will explain the significance of the third one – James. It honors the first name of the 20-year-old man who died in a car accident in Lorain, Ohio, but whose heart has given Ryan Zinn life … Read More