See The Lives We’ve Changed

Children, adolescents, and adults share their life-changing experiences at the Miami Transplant Institute.

Not so long ago, getting a new heart, liver, or set of lungs would have been an impossible dream. But today, the Miami Transplant Institute is making miracles happen for patients of all ages. These are their stories.

Fort Myers man receives life-saving kidney-liver transplants just 48 hours after listing at Miami Transplant Institute

Jaundice, weight gain, swelling, and immobility were the symptoms Christopher Downing, 58, was experiencing just five years ago when he was diagnosed with renal and liver failure.

A woman looking at the camera, her arms are crossed, she wears a long light green top, she has on pink earrings

Woman Suffering From Chronic Kidney Disease and High Antibodies Saved with Kidney Transplant at Miami Transplant Institute

I spent 21 days in the hospital in Atlanta. They placed me on the list again, and I went back on dialysis,” she said.

Man and woman lying on hospital stretcher while holding hands

South Florida native receives life-saving kidney transplant from sister

“Living kidney donation allows for the most successful, immediate transplant outcomes,” said Mariella Ortigosa-Goggins, MD, director of MTI’s living kidney donor program. “Our goal as the largest living donor program in Florida is to provide safe, efficient transplants.”

Little Heart, Big Miracle: A Toddler’s Journey to Transplant after Awake ECMO Journey

Once she was resuscitated, Sheli was placed on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenator, or ECMO, which takes over the function of the heart and lungs when the organs can no longer support themselves.

Man suffering from severe lung scarring for three years receives life-saving double-lung transplant at the Miami Transplant Institute

Spending time with family, boating, working, and exercise were Gilbert Machado’s favorite pastimes – especially cycling around Miami with his wife of 38 years.

Novel operation performed by Jackson‘s Lung Center in South Florida helps woman diagnosed with emphysema gain her life back

Sherri DiLorenzo, 65, has lived her life with a cigarette in her hand.

man lying on hospital stretcher intubated

Jackson’s former chief of obstetrics and director of maternity services receives life-saving double-lung transplant from The Lung Center and the Miami Transplant Institute

During his visit, Dr. Yasin received news that would forever change his life.

Florida storm chaser receives life-saving kidney transplant from wife at Miami Transplant Institute

Nevertheless, in 2020, Jeff started to experience issues with the transplanted kidney. He sought treatment, but by the end of 2022, he started planning for another transplant.

Doctor and family accompanying a woman in the hospital

Miami Transplant Institute performs first fully robotic dual kidney/pancreas transplant on woman suffering from diabetes, pancreatitis, and kidney failure

Ramirez said. “God gave me everything I had been asking for.

Man suffering from severe lung scarring for three years receives life-saving double-lung transplant at the Miami Transplant Institute

“And the team at MTI and at Jackson – they are the absolute best” he continued. “I try to tell them each and every chance I get that they make a huge difference.”

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