Only a generation ago, there was little hope for people with failing organs. Today the Yale-New Haven Transplantation Center (YNHTC), consisting of liver transplant, kidney transplant, pancreas transplant and heart transplant, can offer such patients a second chance at life and better health.
YNHTC has earned a reputation of technical excellence, leading-edge research and a commitment to excellent patient care that results in high success rates. A world pioneer in live-donor transplants, YNHTC offers a unique service for patients with both kidney and liver disease that requires transplantation: patients with one or more family members willing to donate a kidney or a portion of a liver may have the procedures performed when the need presents itself, without waiting for a cadaveric organ. Yale-New Haven doctors are known for advances in transfusion-free medicine and surgery.
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Audio: Dr. Sukru Emre discusses "The Gift of Life"
Transplantation Center Director Sukru Emre, MD, is featured on Yale's Health and Medicine Podcast.
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Courant captures landmark YHHH operation on video
The Hartford Courant recently followed Sukru Emre, MD, of Yale-New Haven Hospital through a living-donor liver transplant — the first operation of its kind in Connecticut. The result is an in-depth article, video and slideshow that track the experience from the perspectives of doctor, donor and patient. You can find all of it here.