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Brittany McILwain of Buffalo is Hoping for a Living Kidney Donor
Brittany McILwain of Buffalo is in need of a kidney transplant. She’s hoping a generous person will come forward to donate a kidney to...
Nov 18, 2024
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IPRO's 'Kidney Transplant Compare' Helps Patients Select Their Center
Kidney Transplant Compare is a mobile app and website designed to highlight transplant center patient selection criteria, support...
Nov 14, 2024
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JaQuan Casselman of Niagara Falls is Seeking a Living Kidney Donor
JaQuan Casselman of Niagara Falls is hoping that a living donor will come forward to provide him with the kidney transplant he needs....
Nov 4, 2024
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Quick and clear videos about kidney transplantation
For several years, Dr. Liise Kayler of ECMC and the University at Buffalo has been working with researchers, community members, and...
Oct 22, 2024
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HIV-to-HIV kidney transplants found to be safe
A multicenter study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine found that transplanting kidneys from deceased donors who had HIV to recipients with...
Oct 18, 2024
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Letter: Importance of Organ Donation
The following letter was submitted to Bee Group newspapers and published in late July 2024 Dear Editor, Thank you to the Bee and James...
Aug 13, 2024
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Jim Urtel Needs a Kidney
Have you seen this billboard? Jim Urtel of Batavia is in need of a kidney transplant and the group Kidneys for Communities is helping him...
Jul 29, 2024
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Roy Sheppard of Lancaster is Seeking a Living Donor
Roy Sheppard of Lancaster is hoping a living donor will match with him for a transplant at UR Medicine. Friends and family are helping...
Jul 17, 2024
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Paul Kupiec is waiting for a kidney transplant
Paul Kupiec is well known in his hometown of North Tonawanda, but friends and neighbors might not be aware that he’s awaiting a kidney...
Jun 28, 2023
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Hoping for a living kidney donor
Michael Tatum of Cheektowaga is a loving husband, father and grandfather. In 2021, he learned that he was reaching kidney failure....
Apr 20, 2023
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Changes in Testing can Improve Diagnosis of Kidney Disease in Black Patients
Important changes are taking place in the ways American medical professionals diagnose and treat kidney disease for Black patients. The...
Feb 18, 2023
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Living Kidney Donation Awareness Event Honored Local Mason Gary Garippo
We hear from a living donor and people awaiting kidney transplant in the latest Kidney Conversations podcast. Recorded at the Gary...
Jan 10, 2023
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Waiting time adjustment approved for kidney transplant candidates affected by race-based calculation
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) has approved a process intended to improve transplant equity by backdating the...
Jan 6, 2023
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Organ Donation Awareness Event and Blood Drive will Honor Local Mason
The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons Community Service Committee and the Blood and Organ Donor Committee, in cooperation with the...
Jan 5, 2023
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Gary Garippo Memorial Blood Drive and Organ Donor Awareness Event
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons Blood and Organ Donor Committee in cooperation with the Kidney Foundation of WNY and ConnectLife...
Dec 17, 2022
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Waiting for the Blessing of a Living Kidney Donor
Joann Wellman is hoping for a living kidney donor. Joann, 67, and her husband Michael live in Frewsburg, NY. “We have two amazing...
May 26, 2022
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National Pediatric Transplant Week
Last year, 1,890 children received organ transplants, including 820 kidney transplants. Each of these lifesaving transplants were made...
Apr 29, 2022
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Seeking a selfless donor
Elena DePaolo successfully battled leukemia. Now she needs a kidney transplant and is hoping a living donor will come forward. Elena...
Mar 20, 2022
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Jordan hopes for a living kidney donor
Jordan Crowley is hoping for a living kidney donor. Jordan is a 23-year-old college student from Elma. He plans to graduate with a...
Mar 8, 2022
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Diana Leising is seeking a living donor
Diana Leising is hoping for a living kidney donor. She and her husband Dan live in Sanborn, NY and enjoy the simple life with their three...
Mar 1, 2022
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