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Mayo Clinic in Arizona announces launch of new lung transplant program offering hope and restored function to patients facing advanced lung disease featured image
Mayo Clinic in Arizona announces launch of new lung transplant program offering hope and restored function to patients facing advanced lung disease
Marty Velasco Hames
June 23, 2025

First patient celebrates 67th birthday using his new lungs to blow out candles on his birthday cake in honor of receiving the gift of life[...]

The Sky’s the Limit for College Freshman After Double-Lung Transplant featured image
The Sky’s the Limit for College Freshman After Double-Lung Transplant
Joel Streed
July 17, 2017
Young Mom’s Long Wait Ends With Gift of a New Heart featured image
Young Mom’s Long Wait Ends With Gift of a New Heart
Joel Streed
June 9, 2017
Two-Time Kidney Transplant Recipient Builds a Life-Giving Legacy featured image
Two-Time Kidney Transplant Recipient Builds a Life-Giving Legacy
Joel Streed
May 11, 2017
After a Liver Transplant, Financial Adviser Turns to Helping Others featured image
After a Liver Transplant, Financial Adviser Turns to Helping Others
Joel Streed
April 7, 2017
Friend’s Generosity and Successful Transplant Give Maikki Nekton a New Way of Looking at the World featured image
Friend’s Generosity and Successful Transplant Give Maikki Nekton a New Way of Looking at the World
Joel Streed
March 31, 2017
Heart Transplant Puts an Active Athlete Back in Action featured image
Heart Transplant Puts an Active Athlete Back in Action
Joel Streed
March 13, 2017
Paired Kidney Donation Opens the Door to a More Active, Independent Life for Kathy Allen featured image
Paired Kidney Donation Opens the Door to a More Active, Independent Life for Kathy Allen
Joel Streed
January 26, 2017
‘You Never Think About a Living Donor Until Someone You Love Needs One’ featured image
‘You Never Think About a Living Donor Until Someone You Love Needs One’
Joel Streed
January 5, 2017
Paired Kidney Donation Offers a Unique Way Forward for Transplant Recipient featured image
Paired Kidney Donation Offers a Unique Way Forward for Transplant Recipient
Joel Streed
December 30, 2016
Teen Receives Thorough, Compassionate Care Before, During and After a Heart Transplant at Mayo Clinic featured image
Teen Receives Thorough, Compassionate Care Before, During and After a Heart Transplant at Mayo Clinic
Joel Streed
December 8, 2016
Sharing Part of His Liver, Brother-in-Law Offers Something Greater: A Future featured image
Sharing Part of His Liver, Brother-in-Law Offers Something Greater: A Future
Joel Streed
November 22, 2016
Living Donor to Kidney Recipient: ‘I Feel Like the Winner in All This’ featured image
Living Donor to Kidney Recipient: ‘I Feel Like the Winner in All This’
Joel Streed
October 19, 2016

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