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Chiefs baseball celebrates Donate Life Night Friday
Upstate Univeristy Hospital is partnering with the Syracuse Chiefs to educate the community on the value of organ, tissue, and eye donation and to register people as donors. Upstate is one of seven...
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OASIS Members inspired by Dr. Sarah Loguen
Mary Hueber is learning about Dr. Sarah Loguen and other remarkable women at OASIS. This fall, OASIS offers “Remarkable Women in the History of Central New York,” one of 160+ courses offered by this...
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‘Upstate Answers’ question on funerals after organ donation
Q: “When somebody in my family dies, we have an open casket at the calling hours. If I sign up to be an organ donor, can I still have an open casket when my time comes?” –Tim Jones of Syracuse A: “Many...
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Photojournalist spotlights patients in series of films
Patient Kayla Smith touches the guitar as music therapist Claire Arezina sings to her, a moment caught on film by photojournalist Ross Taylor. A child without hair reaches inquisitive fingers to the...
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Upstate Answers: How soon will stem cells treat orthopedic injuries?
Q (from reader, Sally White of Syracuse) Studies are underway in other countries, and a couple in the United States using a product that helps with regenerating one’s injured knee. The procedure uses...
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A life-saving gesture: Son donates kidney to father
Timothy Hudson on the front porch of his Syracuse home with his son, Brandon. Brandon Hudson acts like it was nothing. His father, Timothy Hudson sometimes has to pause. The 56-year-old Syracuse man is...
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Would you give a kidney to a stranger?
Transplant surgeon, J. Keith Melancon, MD, operates earlier this summer. Photo by Robert Mescavage. He was about to turn 30 and feeling blessed. He had a great family, a solid support system, and he...
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Sneak peek of fall 2014 ‘Upstate Health’
Coming soon to waiting rooms throughout the Upstate campus is the fall issue of Upstate Health magazine. The cover features living donor transplant coordinator Ellen Havens with a man who donated his...
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Heart recipient’s persistence leads to emotional meeting with donor’s mother
Vicky Brannon’s 14-year-old son, Matthew John McIntyre II, was killed in what police called an accidental shooting in July 1996 across the street from the family’s home in Fulton. She agreed to donate...
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She was willing to donate bone marrow to a stranger. Are you?
Donor Elizabeth Filkins with the man who received her bone marrow Elizabeth Filkins of Antwerp was inspired to join the National Marrow Donor database because a friend of a friend was battling cancer....
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Up Close: A quick look at bone marrow transplant
Upstate has performed more than 800 bone marrow transplants since 1992. Upstate’s Bone Marrow Transplant Program treats patients whose bone marrow has been damaged or destroyed by chemotherapy,...
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Grateful patient gives back in honor of her ‘new life’ after transplant
Michelle Mastropolo recovers from her kidney transplant in August 2014 with the support of her spouse, Carol Ann Davies. When she was 22, Michelle Mastropolo learned she had polycystic kidney disease,...
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New transplant surgery chief plans pancreas, islet transplants
Vaughn Whittaker, MD, and Rainer Gruessner, MD perform kidney transplants at Upstate University Hospital. Upstate’s new transplant surgery chief, Rainer Gruessner, MD, is accepting patients for...
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Baby King needs a bone marrow donor. Can you help?
King Nazir Leon, 2, needs a bone marrow transplant. Potential donors can register today at Upstate’s Setnor Hall and Cancer Center. Photo by Mike Greenlar/Syracuse Media Group King Nazir Leon, age 2,...
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