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Lorie McDavid Liver Transplant

Lorie McDavid was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, and wasn't given much time to live. She then met with Dr. William Chapman, a Washington University surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, who performed a liver transplant. Today, Lorie is healthy and her cancer is gone.

  • Lorie McDavid was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, and wasn t given much time to live. She then met with Dr. William Chapman, a Washington University surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, who performed a liver transplant. Today, Lorie is healthy and her cancer is gone.
  • In this final installment on Edith Ritter and her son Steven Pursely, they discuss what it s like to recover from a kidney transplant and donation, and what it means to them. For the previous vieos, click <a href= /video/default.aspx?id=4575&sid=2&videoID=363 >here </a>for part one and <a href= /video/view.aspx?id=4575&sid=2&libraryID=3&videoID=364 class= ApplyClass >here </a>for part two.
  • Edith Ritter needed a kidney transplant. Her son Steven Pursely found out he was a match. Watch their special relationship play out in Part 2 of this three part Patient Story series.
  • Edith Ritter needed a kidney transplant. Her son Steven Pursely found out he was a match. Watch their special relationship play out in Part 1 of this three part Patient Story series.
  • A combined heart liver transplant offers hope to patients with limited options. Find out how it helped Trish Hatley in a procedure performed by Washington University surgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital for the first time April 8.
  • Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Dartmouth-Hitchcock in New Hampshire participated in the first UNOS-coordinated match paired organ transplant. Find out more about the concept and how it changed the life of a St. Louis couple.
  • A new option exists for type 1 diabetics with kidney failure -- a kidney/pancreas transplant.
  • Ventricular Assist Devices help heart failure patients survive while either waiting for a donor heart … or helping a failing heart beat instead of receiving a transplant.
  • Overview of kidney transplant services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  • An overview of liver transplant services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  • Overview of heart transplant services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  • Overview of lung transplant services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  • Overview of heart failure at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  • Cholangiocarcinoma is a cancerous growth in one of the ducts that carries bile from the liver to the small intestine. Surgeons at Barnes-Jewish and Washington University are advancing treatment of the disease, transplanting the livers of some patients.
  • Washington University lung transplant surgeons reached a milestone and quickly passed it Jan. 21 when they performed the 1,000th adult lung transplant at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the 1,001st transplant just a few hours later
  • Surgical teams at Barnes-Jewish, Johns Hopkins and Integris Baptist successfully completed the first six-way, multihospital, domino kidney transplant.
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