Category Archives: Transplant

Mayo Clinic Remembers David Hines


David Hines: a dedicated colleague who loved helping others David Hines thrilled at flying, thrived on challenge and loved helping people. He died in a helicopter crash early Monday morning along with Mayo Clinic transplant surgeon Luis Bonilla, M.D., and … Continue reading

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Mayo Clinic Remembers Dr. Luis Bonilla


Dr. Luis Bonilla: Remembered as a loving husband and father, dedicated and talented surgeon To Ana, Philip, and Anthony, Luis Bonilla was known simply as “Daddy”, a loving and caring father who was very involved in their lives despite his … Continue reading

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Dr. Rupp’s Message About the Helicopter Crash


Mayo Clinic is mourning the loss of Dr. Luis Bonilla, a cardiac surgeon, and David Hines, an organ procurement technician who, along with the pilot of the helicopter, perished during a mission to bring the gift of life to a … Continue reading

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Mayo Clinic Statement Regarding Helicopter Crash


Updated statement as of 4:00 pm Eastern Time, December 26, 2011 JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 26 — A helicopter transporting two members of Mayo Clinic’s transplant team crashed this morning while traveling to Shands at the University of Florida in Gainesville … Continue reading

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Medical Edge Weekend Radio Program hits the Road-Profiles Mayo Clinic Patients at Chicago Marathon


  For the first time, our Medical Edge Weekend Radio team with Dr. Tom Shives and Tracy McCray hosted their program on a remote location. They were live from the Chicago Marathon Saturday, October 8 from 9am-10am Central.  In this show, we  learned more … Continue reading

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Obaid Family Gift Will Support Reconstructive Transplant Surgery at Mayo Clinic


Mayo Clinic announces a $10 million gift from Tarek Obaid in honor of his parents, Essam and Dalal Obaid, to support reconstructive transplantation research, education, and clinical care at Mayo Clinic. Reconstructive transplantation at Mayo Clinic currently includes hand transplantation. … Continue reading

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Annual Update in Nephrology and Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation


On September 30 and October 1, 2011 the Mayo School of Continuous Professional Development will be conducting its Annual Update in Nephrology and Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation course at the Graves 601 Hotel in Minneapolis, MN. This course is a two-day course … Continue reading

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New Hepatitis C Medications on the Horizon


After over a decade long dry spell, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two new therapies, boceprevir and telaprevir, for the treatment of Hepatitis C. Both therapies signal a breakthrough in the treatment of Hepatitis C with the … Continue reading

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Kidney Transplant Study


Less common and less severe.  Those are two things you want to hear when talking about complications following kidney transplant.  And those were the findings of a Mayo Clinic study that looked at progressive scar damage to transplanted kidneys. Earlier studies of … Continue reading

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Hand Transplant Program Initiated at Mayo Clinic


Mayo Clinic has initiated the first clinical Hand Transplant Program in the United States and is now enrolling patients. This program offers hand transplantation as a clinically available option for patients with bilateral hand injuries or amputations. This allows patients … Continue reading

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