A heart transplant, a multi-organ kidney/liver transplant, two kidney transplants and two liver transplants… in four days.
Air Force Veteran Walter Pinkney is the recipient of a simultaneous heart and kidney transplant, a groundbreaking multi-organ transplant surgery.
Veteran Allan Howell was given 30 days to live. After liver transplant surgery, he joined a gym and now lives his best life.
Cardiothoracic surgeons at Houston VA performed their first heart transplant showing VA's expanded capacity to care for Veterans.
Amanda Houlton donated a kidney to a Veteran in honor of her late brother she lost to kidney disease.
Projected to perform eight to 10 transplants in the first year, the Hines VA reached 50 transplants within the first 16 months of the program.
VA and the American Kidney Fund work together to fight chronic kidney disease in Veterans.
VA-funded research starting in the 1990s helped uncover knowledge that proved to be key—along with findings by many other groups—to establishing the technique of transplanting a pig’s heart into a person. The researcher leading this work at VA was Dr. Richard Pierson, a specialist in thoracic and cardiac surgery who is now with Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University.
Two Army Veterans were strangers until advanced heart failure and life-changing surgery at Houston VA brought them together, making them battle buddies.
You may be eligible for travel reimbursement if you pay expenses to and from your appointment. Learn if you’re eligible and how to file a claim.
Throughout its history of more than 75 years, VA has funded critical research that has led to many medical advancements instrumental to the agency’s primary goal: to honor America’s Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.
Navy Veteran Antrion Smith lost 116 pounds with weight-loss surgery, but even with healthy habits, he still needed a kidney transplant.
Co-worker isn’t a match, but her spouse, who also works for VA, is a total 100% match.