All Posts: organ transplant

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New Blood Test Holds Potential to Reduce Liver Transplant Failures

A new study by scientists from Georgetown University and MedStar Health describes how a single blood sample can be used to catch problems with liver transplants at the earliest…

June 17, 2025

GUMC Stories

Surgeon and Basic Scientists Partner to Develop New Way to Suss Out Early Problems in Liver Transplantation

A unique collaboration between basic scientists at Georgetown University Medical Center and a transplant surgeon at MedStar Health could change how and when problems are…

June 25, 2024

GUMC Stories

School of Medicine Grad Prepares for Career in Transplant Medicine

Since childhood, Malcolm Meredith (M’23) knew he wanted to be a surgeon. His experiences at the School of Medicine prompted him to focus on transplant medicine, a career heâ€â€¦

May 22, 2023

GUMC Stories

Eliminating the Need for Anti-Rejection Drugs for Transplant Recipients

(January 9, 2022) — Courtney Howard, 43, needed a kidney transplant to save her life and be cured of hereditary polycystic kidney disease. While she knew the kidney transplant…

January 9, 2022