Florida Hospital Applies to Expand Transplant Program to Include Heart and Lung Transplants
Wednesday June 25, 2008 - Medical News
Florida Hospital announced today that it has filed the Certificate of Need (CON) requests with the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) in Tallahassee, Fla., to establish a Cardiothoracic Transplant Program at its Orlando campus.
Florida Hospital Transplant Center Named One of Nation’s Most Active Kidney Transplant Centers
Thursday February 21, 2008 - Medical News
Nephrology News & Issues recently named Florida Hospital Transplant Center (FHTC) one of the nation’s 50 most active renal (kidney) transplant centers in 2006.
Donors ‘Pay it Forward’ in Paired Donor Transplant, a First at Florida Hospital Transplant Center
Friday December 7, 2007 - Medical News
Paired donation occurs when a patient who needs an organ has a donor, but they do not match. The incompatible pair is entered into a database of others, where doctors can then match them with another pair in a similar situation – basically, the pairs swap donors.
Florida Hospital Performs First Liver Transplant in Greater Orlando Area
Tuesday June 12, 2007 - Medical News
Today, the first patient to undergo a liver transplant in the greater Orlando area went home, after having surgery at Florida Hospital Orlando last week.
Florida Hospital Announces Expansion of Life-Saving Organ Transplant Services
Wednesday April 11, 2007 - Medical News
More than 3,000 patients awaiting life-saving organ transplants are Floridians, and many of those residing in the greater Orlando area have had to travel to other parts of the state for liver and kidney/pancreas transplant services – until now.
