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Receiving a donation
Tampa General Hospital from a living donor of months. The transplanted liver also grows, restoring
normal liver function to the recipient.
Leads In Living-Donor shortens a patient’s wait The benefits of live-donor transplantation include:
• Transplants take place quicker when a living donor
time and lessens chances
Liver Transplants In Florida that the liver’s condition is available.
will worsen. “Living- • Hospitals schedule transplants based on the
Tampa General Hospital (TGH) is leading the way in donor liver transplant recipient’s and donor’s availability.
living-donor liver transplants in the state of Florida. In is another avenue to • Research shows that recipients of living-donor organs
2023, the academic health system performed five lifesaving save the lives of patients have better outcomes.
living-donor liver transplants, the most of any hospital in with liver disease in our TGH is a top five transplant center by volume in
the Sunshine State. community,” said Dr. the United States and is ranked one of the nation’s best
The first occurred in May 2023, when Derek Sanz gave Kiran Dhanireddy, vice hospitals by U.S. News & World Report in 2023/24. The
his mother, Patty, the ultimate Mother’s Day gift — half of president and chief of the TGH Transplant Institute and living-donor liver transplant program “is a prime example
his liver. After nearly a year, mother and son are healthy and surgical director of the Comprehensive Liver Disease & of Tampa General continuing to drive innovation to deliver
grateful that the TGH Transplant Institute offers a living- Transplant Center. world-class health care,” said TGH President and CEO
donor option. Without it, Patty might have waited anywhere With a living-donor transplantation, a healthy person John Couris. “This program opens up additional access to
from 30 days to five years for a deceased donor’s organ. volunteers a portion of their liver to someone whose liver patients in need of a liver transplant, and has the potential
Livers are the second-most in-demand organ for transplants is failing from end-stage disease or cancer. After doctors to transform the lives of patients and their families in the
(behind kidneys). About 10 percent of individuals on the remove the donated portion, the donor’s remaining liver Tampa Bay region, Florida and across the United States.”
national transplant waiting list are waiting for a liver. regrows close to its full size and capacity in a couple Both Patty and Derek Sanz have shared their
experiences to encourage others to consider a living-donor
liver transplant if they have a family member in need. “It
Club news worked for us and that’s why we want to get the word out
there so that more people can be saved,” said Patty.
For more information about the TGH Transplant
Institute, please call (561) 739-4TGH.
A Martin County resident since 1961, Sandra Thurlow
Discover Palm City’s History and her late husband, Tom, devoted decades to researching,
With The Martin County collecting and sharing local history. She has published five
books about Martin County, including pictorial histories
Genealogical Society of Stuart, Sewall’s Point, Jensen Beach and Eden.
Free and open to the public, the meeting will be at the
At the Martin County Genealogical Society’s Blake Library, 2351 S.E. Monterey Road in Stuart, from
(MCGS) May meeting, local historian Sandra Thurlow 1 to 3 p.m., Friday, May 17. For more information, go to
will present a history of Palm City which, she says, “is mcgsfl.org/events.
underappreciated.” Founded in 1912, the city was almost The Martin County Genealogical Society offers a
erased from the map in the 1970s, but now it dominates the variety of services at the Genealogy Room in the Blake
Martin County landscape. MCGS offers this presentation Library including an extensive research library, access to
in conjunction with Martin County Historic Preservation several genealogy websites and assistance from MCGS
Month, coordinated each May by the Martin County volunteers. For more information about membership, April 22
Historic Preservation Board. activities and services go to mcgsfl.org.

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