April 4, 2012
Chicago Man Receives Robotic Kidney Transplant After 17 YearsRobotic surgery permitted surgeons at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System to transplant a kidney into a morbidly obese Chicago man — who had survived 17 years on dialysis waiting for the procedure.
March 30, 2012
MONDAY: State Kicks Off Donate Life Month at University of Illinois HospitalIn celebration of National Donate Life Month, Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White will join representatives from the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, the Gift of Hope, organ and tissue donor recipients, and families who have provided the gift of life through organ donation.
March 13, 2012
Rare transplant allows young woman to forgo 60 pills dailyLiving-donor parathyroid gland transplant helps 22-year-old to forgo 60 calcium pills a day