NEW YORK, June 6 (UPI) — New York's Montefiore Hospital has shut down its live-donor organ transplant program following the death a woman on the operating table, officials said.

Gastroenterology & Endoscopy NewsFDA Fast Tracks Investigational NS5A Inhibitor for Chronic HCV InfectionGastroenterology & Endoscopy NewsLow potential for drug–drug interactions, thus greater prospects for treating HCV patients with comorbidities, c…

IBNLive.comSatyamev Jayate: Kidney specialist hits out at Aamir KhanIBNLive.comOne such victim of alleged medical malpractice was retired Army officer Major Pankaj Rai who lost his wife Seema to what he called a botched kidney transplantation operation…

Residents rappel from building to raise fund for kidney foundationBaltimore SunAlso taking the challenge will be Dr. Matthew Cooper, of Cockeysville, an associate professor of surgery and director of both kidney transplantation and clinical …

Cockeysville Doctor To Jump Off 25-Story BuildingPatch.comCockeysville resident Matt Cooper, who is also the director of kidney transplantation at Georgetown University, is participating in the third annual Rappel for Kidney Health fundraiser. "It…

Preemptive Transplants May Not Offer Survival EdgeRenal and Urology NewsBOSTON—Preemptive kidney transplantation may offer no survival advantage over kidney transplantation soon after dialysis initiation, according to new findings reported at the 201…

Westfield Mom Serves as Living Liver Donor for DaughterPatch.comAccording to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, in 2010, over 18000 individuals in the United States were waiting for liver transplantation. But just over 6000 livers from deceased donors beco…

Tampa General Hospital is the only local hospital with a transplant center, so many patients travel long distances to get there.

Kidney failure in the countryZamboanga Today Online… a government tertiary specialty center for patients with kidney diseases for the past 30 years,said people with kidney failure need to undergo dialysis or renal replacement therapy, or kidney trans…

NorthJersey.comNorth Jersey hospitals in fierce competition for kidney transplantsNorthJersey.comSaint Barnabas Medical Center took out a 14- by 48-foot billboard on the New Jersey Turnpike last month touting its “World Leaders in Kidney Transplantat…