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March 20, 2026

The Heart Donation Advances Shortening the Transplant Wait List
Raymond Lee, MD, director of the USC Heart Transplant Program, shares insights on recent innovations that are transforming heart transplantation....
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March 20, 2026

The Heart Donation Advances Shortening the Transplant Wait List
Raymond Lee, MD, director of the USC Heart Transplant Program, shares insights on recent innovations that are transforming heart transplantation....
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March 20, 2026

Keck Medicine of USC: Advances to Reduce Kidney Transplant Wait Times
Thin Thin Maw, MD, medical director of the USC Kidney Transplant Program, shares innovations that could start saving countless lives...
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January 15, 2026

Liver Transplants Reach Record Highs in the U.S. What’s Driving Growth?
Mark Sturdevant, MD, transplant surgeon with the USC Transplant Institute, highlights major factors making more liver transplants possible today. The...
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January 6, 2026

How Normothermic Perfusion Is Expanding the Liver Transplant Pool
Experts from the USC Transplant Institute, part of Keck Medicine of USC, explain how advances in normothermic perfusion are expanding...
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October 28, 2025

5 Big Changes in Cardiac Surgery
Craig J. Baker, MD, chief of cardiac surgery for the Keck School of Medicine of USC, explains key developments reshaping...
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August 25, 2025

Why Patients Who Need a Lung Transplant Are Often Referred Too Late
A Keck Medicine of USC lung transplant expert explains why many doctors wait too long to get their patients onto...
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May 22, 2025

How to Increase Organ Donations in the U.S.: Education and Financial Aid Are Key
Keck Medicine of USC experts explain how transplant teams are addressing the massive shortage of organ donations in the U.S....
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January 28, 2025

Why Heart Transplants Are So Rewarding and So Challenging Today
Demand for heart transplants still outstrips supply, but other advancements are improving the practice, says transplant cardiologist Ajay S. Vaidya,...
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October 15, 2024

Can a New Tool Better Screen Liver Transplant Candidates?
Keck Medicine of USC researchers are testing if a standardized screening process is more equitable for candidates — and more...
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September 10, 2024

Rare Kidney-Liver Paired Exchange Performed at Keck Medicine of USC
Keck Medicine of USC transplant experts helped one set of siblings save another. A rare living-donor transplant exchange performed by...
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September 21, 2023

Normothermic Regional Perfusion Expands Organ Transplant Availability
A cutting-edge approach known as normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) is allowing transplant teams to explore a much broader range of...
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