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Category: Organ Donation - Transplant

Transplanting animal organs to humans raises questions, hopes
May 8, 2025
Interview with L. Syd Johnson, PhD

Children with kidney disease may require transplants
April 18, 2025
Interview with Scott Schurman, MD

Exercise and cancer treatment; high-intensity interval training and cancer risk; diabetes and pancreas transplants: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024
December 26, 2024
Interviews with Kaushal Nanavati, MD, and Carol Sames, PhD

How stem cells can fight cancers, autoimmune diseases
November 25, 2024
Interview with Frank Zhou, MD

Syphilis on the rise; live kidney donors; mild cognitive impairment: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 24, 2024
March 28, 2024
Interviews with Elizabeth Asiago Reddy, MD, Reza Saidi, MD, and Sharon Brangman,...

Living donors are vital part of kidney transplant programs
March 13, 2024
Transplant chief Reza Saidi, MD outlines the process of kidney donation and how...

Pancreas/kidney transplants; babies and electronic screens: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 10, 2024
March 7, 2024
Interviews with Matthew Garner, MD, and Danielle Hoose, DPT

Flu, COVID and RSV; kidney transplants in children: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024
February 8, 2024
Interviews with Elizabeth Asiago Reddy, MD, and Toby Le Nguyen, MD

Disease's type and severity can vary widely, need professional assessment
February 1, 2024
Advice from Matthew Garner, MD, Upstate transplant surgeon

Why some patients will also receive a new kidney
January 31, 2024
Interview with Matthew Garner, MD, Upstate transplant surgeon

Living donors can make a huge difference
January 17, 2024
Interview with Toby Le Nguyen, MD, Upstate transplant surgeon

Seasonal vaccinations; tissue typing and transplants; today's hospital food: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023
September 28, 2023
Interviews with Elizabeth Asiago-Reddy, MD, Reut Hod Dvorai, PhD, and Eric Adams...

Caring for aging parents; weight and organ transplant; colonoscopy prep: Upstate's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023
September 15, 2023
Interviews with Sharon Brangman, MD, Reza Saidi, MD, and Kristina Go, MD

Specialists check for compatibility of donors and recipients
August 18, 2023
Interview with Reut Hod Dvorai, PhD, director of the histocompatibility lab

Pancreas transplants; COVID and pain; clues to a retinal disease: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023
August 17, 2023
Interviews with Reza Saidi, MD, Jamie Romeiser, PhD, and William Spencer, PhD

Select group of patients don't need a new kidney
July 12, 2023
Interview with Reza Saidi, MD, chief of transplant services

Poverty, obesity, maternal health among local health concerns; explaining a widespread virus; reversing drug overdoses: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, April 9, 2023
April 7, 2023
Interviews with Health Commissioner Katie Anderson, MD, PhD, researcher Gary...

Cytomegalovirus can harm those with weakened immune systems
April 4, 2023
Interview with Upstate research scientist Gary Chan, PhD