Last year, more than 25,000 kidney transplants were performed across the country, which is an average of 70 a day. Learn about the care guidelines for adult kidney transplant patients created by University Health surgeons.
Benefits of robotic surgery include shorter hospital stays and decreased post-operative pain. To learn about how to become a living donor, visit our website.
While most organs come from deceased individuals, organs from living donors can give a child immeasurable benefits such as a shorter wait time and improved results.
Rufino Salinas suspected that he had a heart attack when he had chest pain that wouldn’t go away. The heart team at University Health recommended a treatment plan that included the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure.
After aging out of the pediatric hospital in her hometown of Corpus Christi, Morgan transferred to the University Health Adult Congenital Heart Center under the care of Dr. Pankaj Madan.
