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Joann Schaefer sets the pace after transplant1/9/2012 As the chief medical officer for the state of Nebraska, Dr. Joann Schaefer has a lot of responsibility. As the recipient of a liver transplant, she feels additional responsibility: to be a role model of healthy living. She finished 7 half marathons in one year and has no plans to slow down. In this story from KETV, she said, "Yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery, today is a gift. That's why it's the present." |
Living Liver Donor Program Offers New Hope11/25/2011 Learn how our living liver donor program has helped Russ Hart regain his health after years of battling liver disease. |
Donor Drive 20118/18/2011 We need you to reach our goal! We're committed to adding 10,000 people to the Donor Registry of Nebraska. |
New Quality Statistics Released8/16/2011 Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) releases new quality information. |
Liver Transplant Program Celebrates 25 years2/10/2011 Video tribute to 25 years of liver transplantation. |
Kidney Transplant Program Celebrates 40 Years1/19/2011 Video tribute to the 40th Anniversary of the Kidney Transplant Program. |
A Mother Shares Words of Hope10/1/2010 Omaha, NE - Listen to a mother share her daughter's journey through Intestinal Rehabilitation. |
Russell's Story10/1/2010 Omaha, NE - Listen to a patient tell his story of hope and healing. |
Giving the Gift of Life9/19/2010 After soul-searching, youth minister donates his liver to a member of his church family. |
Transplant Team Performs First Combined Kidney-Heart Transplant6/1/2010 Omaha Neb.,- An Omaha man is recovering well after undergoing an historic operation at The Nebraska Medical Center two weeks ago. David Gildea was the first patient at the medical center to receive a combined heart and kidney transplant. |
Father of Transplant Patient Also Gets New Heart7/29/2009 Omaha, Neb. - Bruce Prenosil's word for 2009 is "Believe." A "believe" sign sits on his fireplace mantel. And wherever he goes, the word just seems to jump out at him. |
Clinical Trial Holds Hope and Potential for Pediatric Organ Transplant Patients6/11/2009 Omaha, Neb - It is a medical Catch-22; the nutritional supplement necessary to keep children with failing intestines alive can also damage another vital organ. |
Region's First Clinic for Carcinoid Cancer Opens at The Nebraska Medical Center Treatment and Research3/26/2009 Omaha, Neb. - Carcinoid cancer turned Ruth Gerdes into a crusader. |
Heart Ball Princess Celebrates the Miracle Of a Heart Transplant2/7/2009 Omaha, Neb - A series of miracles; that's how some describe Petra Marcos' recovery from a critical heart infection. |
Kidney "Swap" Creates New Transplant Opportunities7/23/2008 Omaha, Neb - The Nebraska Medical Center is taking part in a nationwide initiative to match more people needing a kidney transplant with people who are willing to donate. It's called a donor swap. It works by pairing two sets of donors and recipients who are incompatible with each other. |
New Hope for Carcinoid Cancer Patients5/19/2008 Video - Carcinoid Cancer: An interview with a patient, physician and report from KPTM in Omaha, NE |
Small Bowel Transplant Program At The Nebraska Medical Center Is Busiest Program in the Nation5/12/2008 Omaha, Neb. - The intestinal transplant program at The Nebraska Medical Center was one of the first of its kind in the nation when it began in 1990. Today it is the busiest. |
Two Prominent Nebraska Doctors Become Patients In Living Donor Liver Transplant4/15/2008 Omaha, Neb - As the State of Nebraska's Chief Medical Officer, Joann Schaefer, M.D. knows a great deal about large-scale public health issues. |
New York City Police Officer Praises The Nebraska Medical Center Transplant Program2/8/2008 Omaha, Neb. - Nebraska nurse, Roseann Mastio of Bellevue, wanted to make good on a promise when she told her brother-in-law, a retired New York City street cop, that she would donate her kidney to him. |
The Nebraska Medical Center's Transplant Programs Receive National Awards10/1/2007 Omaha, Neb. - The Nebraska Medical Center's Transplant programs were honored with two awards on Monday, October 1st at the 2007 OptumHealth Care Solutions (formally U.R.N.) annual National Clinical Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
Transplant Reunion Celebrates Second Chances, Gift of Life7/24/2007 Omaha, Neb. - They come to celebrate, to see old friends and to make new ones. Several hundred transplant recipients will gather in Omaha on Saturday, July 28, 2007 for The Nebraska Medical Center's Transplant Reunion. |
Unique Islet Transplant Offers Colorado Toddler Hope5/14/2007 Omaha, Neb. - Three-year-old Berlyn Alfredsen is much like any other little girl. She enjoys wearing her hair in a ponytail. Her eyes light up when she watches her favorite Elmo videos. And, brightly colored pictures decorate her room. Unlike other children, though, little Berlyn has spent much of her young life in and out of hospitals. She recently became the youngest patient known to undergo an autologous islet transplant. |
The Nebraska Medical Center's Heart Transplant Program Receives Medicare Certification4/10/2007 Omaha, Neb. - It is a mark of quality, experience and of a significant service provided to patients. The Nebraska Medical Center is now officially certified as a heart transplantation center by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). |
Liver Cancer Rates Expected to Rise, Hope for Patients Found at The Nebraska Medical Center3/27/2007 Omaha, Neb. - A White House announcement draws attention to a growing trend. Press Secretary Tony Snow joins thousands of Americans in fighting liver cancer. |
