Liver Spotlights Stories
The surprise of a lifetime: Family friend becomes living liver donor
After experiencing VCU Health’s patient-centered approach to care, a grandmother of 12 says she would “never choose another location to have a transplant done.”
Rare procedure helps Chesapeake mom be present for more family milestones
Patient is cancer-free after VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center surgical team removes a baseball-sized tumor from liver and transplants organ back into her body.
Mother shares her motivations to become a living liver donor
Inspired by her late daughter, Virginia woman saves the life of a stranger with little hope remaining in his battle with liver cancer.
At the ‘extreme edge’ of transplant possibility, VCU Health says ‘Yes’ to liver cancer patient
Patient’s fiancée becomes one of first living donors to undergo fully robotic surgery at VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center.
A dad’s life saved — with less scarring for son — in first fully robotic living donor liver transplant at VCU Health
Team at VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center performs their first fully robotic-assisted living donor liver surgery on a patient.
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Living liver donation growing as Hume-Lee director passes 800 career cases
The transplant center’s living liver surgical director crossed the milestone late last year after restarting the living liver donor program in 2019.
VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center taps robot for partial living liver donor transplants
VCU Health plans for first fully robotic liver living-donor transplants in 2023.
Gratitude after Transplant: A Thanksgiving one Hampton man will never forget
Musician receives liver transplant through new Hume-Lee program
Patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis are treated with compassion.
A second chance for veteran through life-saving liver transplant
Bright future awaits veteran other centers deemed too sick to transplant.
VCU Health Performs Rare Liver Transplant for the First Time
VCU Health is one of the first in the country to perform a blood type incompatible liver transplant — part of an ongoing effort to increase patient access to lifesaving organs amid a national shortage.
A Father and Son's Team of Heroes Through a Living Donor Liver Transplant
Edward Foster’s eighth child and youngest son, Edward “Rick” Foster Jr., heroically came to his rescue as a match to be his living liver donor. Then, the expert VCU Health team successfully performed the organization’s first living donor liver transplant in five years to restore Foster’s health.
A New Liver Gifts Hope and Healing
A genetic disease left 4-year-old Astrid Cubas-Sanchez suffering to live a normal childhood, but her liver transplant gave her the priceless gift of new hope and healing.
The Ultimate Gift
With his organs shutting down, Weldon Bradshaw receives a liver, just in the nick of time.
Paying It Forward
Thirty years after surviving a car accident, Ken Schuler donates his liver to save a stranger.
A Lasting Bond
A liver transplant provides John Snead with a chance at life — and a lifelong friend.