Tag Archives: Transplant

Mayo Clinic Remembers David Hines

December 28th, 2011 - 3:02 pm

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

December 28th, 2011 - 3:02 pm

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

December 27th, 2011 - 1:28 pm

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

December 26th, 2011 - 3:47 pm

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

October 10th, 2011 - 6:43 am

  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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Kidney Transplant Study

April 7th, 2011 - 12:29 pm

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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Medical Experts for Media – Thoracic Surgery

September 2nd, 2010 - 11:26 am

Stephen Cassivi, M.D., M.Sc. __________________________________________________________________ Stephen Cassivi, M.D., M.Sc., a chest surgeon and specialist in lung and esophageal diseases, lung transplantation and cancer surgery Surgical Director of Lung Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota Recipient of teaching awards from Mayo Clinic and … Continue reading →

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Transplant Games 2008

July 7th, 2008 - 5:52 pm

Mayo Clinic is among the sponsors of the National Kidney Foundation’s 2008 U.S. Transplant Games, which are held in even-numbered years “to demonstrate the success of transplantation, honor those who have given the gift of life, and call attention to … Continue reading →

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Fargo Boy Receives Heart Transplant…Twice

June 25th, 2008 - 10:05 am

Today’s Minneapolis Star Tribune has a story about a 20-month old boy from Fargo, N. Dakota who was airlifted to Mayo Clinic because of severe heart failure resulting from dilated cardiomyopathy. He was listed for a heart transplant. Organ donation … Continue reading →

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