Advances in hematopoietic cell transplantation and induction of tolerance.

Compelling data put need for surgical care on policy-makers’ radar.

Organ donation is hot stuff! Slogans and advertising yell, "Organs save lives! Register as a donor now!" But surveys show that the majority of people who choose not to be donors have either not thought about the question or are deterred by uncertainty as to what the process means for them.

In this opinion article, Arundi Mahendran, MBBS, MSc, challenges readers to engage in a different kind of discussion about organ donation.

Dr. Lyall Gorenstein discusses an exciting new development in the treatment of pectus excavatum - a common congenital deformity of the chest wall.

NYPH/Columbia's ECMO and Lung Transplant teams have reported the best survival rates to date for ECMO-supported bridge to lung transplant.

Ex vivo perfusion improves condition of donor lungs prior to transplantation and could increase access to transplantation.

Answers after Fukushima from world-renowned expert Robert McConnell, MD.

In an unprecedented organ transplant chain at NYPH and ten other hospitals across the U.S., thirty patients with renal failure received a new kidney in the largest organ swap ever performed. The intricately coordinated exchange enabled more recipients to have transplants, and to receive better matched organs, than if they had remained on the organ wait list — or if they had received transplants directly from their loved ones.