Fantastic UMMC Surgery Chief Resident Grand Rounds from Kyle Curtis - soon-to-be Northwestern Medicine Transplant fellow - on the history, current controversies, and future of liver transplantation. On the heels of anniversary of first liver transplant!

Exciting news! The deadline for Chicago KUH FORWARD poster submissions has been extended to May 14! Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to showcase your work to the Chicago Community!

For more details and to register, please visit: feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/chikuhfo…

Join us this Thursday, May 9th, for a presentation by Sam Saggese, MMS, PA-C, a Physician Assistant specializing in Nephrology.

Saggese will discuss Peer Support and Stress First Aid. Please note that this event is exclusively in-person and will not be recorded.

Dinee Simpson, MD (Dinee Simpson MD, FACS) discusses health equity and how it should be integral to any physician’s practice in the May edition of Chicago Medicine Magazine. Read now:
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In this letter to the editor, Josh Levitsky, MD (Josh Levitsky), president of the American Society of Transplantation (@AST_info) highlights how the AST is advancing effective solutions for increasing living donations. Read now:
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So excited to see this important paper from Anat that shows significant limitations of the molecular mismatch load (“epitope matching”) approach and provides solid rationale to differences in immunogenicity. Northwestern Medicine Transplant

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In this interview, our recent Rising Stars of SQI lecturer, Jes Sanders, MD, summarizes his main research project and explains why he was drawn to the field of transplant immunology. Northwestern Medicine Transplant

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The power of storytelling. It can save lives! Northwestern Medicine NM Pulmonary and Thoracic Surgery Northwestern Medicine Transplant

What can I say… I absolutely love and respect this team! #NMtransplantstrong
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'Northwestern Medicine handles complicated cases very well.' Teams from more than 20 different specialities helped Gary Gibbon, MD, receive a combined lung-liver transplant for advanced #lungcancer . NM Pulmonary and Thoracic Surgery Northwestern Medicine Transplant #DoctorsDay bit.ly/43xTOVc

Thank you #BiancaCarter and Krupa Merchant, MD,MS for reminding those of us in #OrganTransplantation to always consider #EpsteinBarrVirus in cases of atypical “rejection”. So proud of Northwestern Pathology residents! McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Northwestern Medicine Transplant Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine #PurplePath 💜

A #California pulmonologist receives the first combined lung-liver transplant for advanced #lungcancer in the United States.

PRESS RELEASE: buff.ly/3xefARW.

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In September 2023, Dr. Gibbon received his new lungs and liver from the same donor, and six months after surgery, Dr. Gibbon still has no signs of #cancer in his body and doesn’t require any further cancer therapy. #DoctorsDay NM Pulmonary and Thoracic Surgery Northwestern Medicine Transplant buff.ly/3xefARW

“As a physician, I knew I was in the right place. This DREAM program is new territory for transplantation, and the fact that I could experience it and have a wonderful outcome makes me feel so blessed.' NM Pulmonary and Thoracic Surgery Northwestern Medicine Transplant #DoctorsDay buff.ly/3xefARW

Gary Gibbon, MD, is the first person in the U.S. to receive a double-lung and liver transplant after #LungCancer treatment destroyed his lungs and liver. Read his story. NM Pulmonary and Thoracic Surgery Northwestern Medicine Transplant

History made at Northwestern Medicine!! First known case of combined Lung Liver Transplant. A remarkable achievement pushing the boundaries of transplant medicine and giving hope to many Northwestern Medicine Transplant NM Liver Northwestern Medicine #Transplant #MedicalBreakthrough

Behind these numbers is new life.

Learn more about our #OrganTransplant Center, as well as who can be a #donor , and how and what you can donate: ms.spr.ly/6012clW3Q. #OrganDonation Northwestern Medicine Transplant

Walking from rounds Northwestern Medicine and ran into all this #Magic .

Cardiology 🫀 , OB/GYN 🤰🏾, and transplant surgery 🫘 - your health is in good hands!

Alana A. Lewis, MD Dinee Simpson MD, FACS #DrConnieTheOB

UPDATED: Join us this Thursday, March 21st for our Renal Grand Rounds featuring Assistant Professor of Medicine from Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine , Ayotunde Ositelu, MD. Dr. Ositelu will be presenting on 'Nephrology Workforce. A path moving forward'.

In-Person-Only. We hope to see you there.

It’s the moment she waits for during every #KidneyTransplant . See it for yourself as Dinee C. Simpson, MD (Dinee Simpson MD, FACS), explains in the operating room. #NMBetter