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.
Miami Transplant Institute’s 500th Intestinal Transplant Recipient is a Young Woman From Arkansas
During her junior year of high school, Stephanie was thriving at being a healthy teenage girl. Unexpectedly, though, Jira began to have trouble keeping food down after meals.
Read MoreThe Miami Transplant Institute Performs its First Living Donor Robotic Procedure
A MTI multidisciplinary team performed its first successful living kidney donor transplant using the da Vinci Surgical System. Viviana Manzo donated her kidney to her longtime friend who suffered from End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).
Read MoreNaples Twin Celebrating Her Third Transplant Anniversary after Rare Diagnosis of Alagille Syndrome
For first-time parents, JoAnna and Kris, having twin girls was a dream come true. But three months after delivering healthy twin girls, the new parents noticed that one of their daughters was developing differently than her sister.
Read MoreA Second, Multi-Organ Transplant during COVID Gives 5-year-old Chance at Life
After years of long and frequent hospital stays, not being able to eat, and digestive and intestinal issues that required two multi-organ transplants — 5-year-old Elijah Marrow is enjoying the freedom to run around freely and eat pizza.
Read MoreOrlando Toddler Leaves Hospital After Long Battle of Liver Disease
When Danilia “Amor” Aquino was born prematurely at 26 weeks in Orlando, she was showing early signs of liver disease. A few months later, she was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a rare, genetic, life-threatening liver disease that only appears in infants.
Read MoreSurgeons first in Florida to perform eight-organ transplant on 1-year-old boy
Just five years after transplant surgeons from UHealth – the University of Miami Health System saved the life of a Texas infant at Holtz Children’s Hospital.
Read MoreJackson Memorial Hospital and the Miami Transplant Institute’s 12,000th Recipient is an Infant from South Florida
Frederick Prestler, Jr., affectionately known by his family as FJ, is an active and loving baby.
Read MoreGrateful for a New Heart: A Local Assistant Principal’s Courageous Fight to Survive
In 2006, Erika Carter-Rolle came down with a bad cold that wouldn’t go away. A few months later, Carter-Rolle was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy.
Read MoreInternationally Renowned Recording Artist Receives Double Lung Transplant
For decades, Venezuelan artist, José Luis Rodriguez – commonly known as “El Puma” – has entertained fans worldwide through music and television.
Read MoreGrateful for a Second Chance at Life
Junette Paul was five months pregnant when her intuition told her something was wrong. She hadn’t felt the fetus move or kick.
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