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  • Organ donation: how to register and have conversations with loved ones
    Organ donors save lives and help advance medical research.
  • “I’m a best-case scenario” — heart, double-lung transplant gives UAB student new perspective
    Cooper Pierce was 13 years old when doctors diagnosed him with pulmonary hypertension. He had a heart and double-lung transplant at UAB Hospital. Now, he is a student at UAB and hopes his story can inspire others.
  • Full circle kindness: Transplant patients hope to inspire others
    What connected two people before pales in comparison to what connects them now.
  • UAB experts weigh in on Trump’s kidney disease executive order
    This executive order could mean positive change in Alabama, which has the third-highest death rate from kidney diseases in the nation.
  • Gaston honored with lifetime achievement award
    Gaston served many roles in more than 30 years at UAB.
  • Bilateral lung transplant provides Montgomery teen chance to graduate, better future
    After living with pulmonary fibrosis for 15 years, Quintarius Daniels received a life-changing lung transplant that has helped him live the life he has always wanted.
  • UAB celebrates 50th anniversary of first transplant in Alabama
    Since 1968, UAB Medicine has performed more than 14,000 life-saving organ transplants.
  • 50 years of UAB transplant: Father gets new lease on life
    Thanks to the discovery of a rare genetic condition and the skill of UAB surgeons, Brad Martin now has a better future.
  • 50 years of UAB Transplant: Former teen heart patient thankful for new future
    Megan Gagliardi is thankful to have a physical reminder of her heart transplant to reflect on each day. “I love my scar, and I love showing people what I’ve been through. It’s a huge part of me.”
  • Alabama Organ Center celebrates National Donate Life Month, National Blue & Green Day
    More than 30 percent of Alabamians are registered to be organ donors, but more are needed.
  • ‘Easy inspiration’ sparks Medical Properties Trust $2.5 million gift to UAB’s Comprehensive Diabetes Center
    The $2.5 million gift from Medical Properties Trust begins a campaign that will ultimately raise $7.5 million in resources to expand and accelerate the center’s research efforts.
  • State of Alabama approves paid leave benefits for living organ donors beginning Oct. 1
    UAB employees spearheaded an effort that led to the university’s adopting the paid leave benefits policy earlier this year — and then they carried their initiative to the state level.