Welcome to the NewYork-Presbyterian/
Weill Cornell Transplant Programs
Our mission is to maximize opportunities for transplantation for all patients that come to us seeking help. Our program has excelled at developing novel strategies and advanced therapeutic modalities that have permitted us to offer increased opportunities for transplantation. Read More
Transplantation News and Updates
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NYP/Cornell Kidney Transplant Program Receives 2011 Transplant Excellence Award
The NYP/Cornell Kidney Transplant Program is one of just 8 national kidney transplant programs to receive a 2011 HealthGrades Kidney Transplant Excellence Award for our excellent three-year patient and graft survival. Click here to read more...
Pre-Transplant Orientation Video Now Available
If you would like to know more about kidney and pancreas transplantation at NYP/Cornell, please watch our pre-transplant orientation video, which provides an overview of the basic concepts of transplantation, the evaluation process, the transplant and its follow-up care, and Cornell-specific outcome data.
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Pay It Forward - Young Staten Island Man Receives Kidney Through Transplant Chain
A new twist on the kidney chain concept allows select patients on the deceased donor waiting list to receive a living donor kidney. Called the “CHIPS” program, this concept allows a transplant chain that might otherwise end due to lack of a matched recipient within a registry to instead enable a kidney transplant for a child or other person who is hard to match due to high antibody levels.
REUNION OF OLD FRIENDS LEADS TO TRANSPLANT
Two old friends, one who needed a kidney transplant and one who was the perfect donor, were reunited and are now connected forever through the gift of life.
Kidney Chains Link Strangers
Katie Couric has an inside look at a kidney exchange in which 20 people bound by selflessness and "The America Spirit" helped save 10 lives.
Web Extra: Surgeon on Kidney Transplant Chains
Katie Couric speaks with Dr. Sandip Kapur, Chief of Transplant Surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center, about surgeries he performed as part of a unique kidney swap donor chain program, which unites strangers in order to save lives.
Parents donate kidneys to twin children
Mom Evette Leavy and dad Brian De Vale donated one kidney each to twin sons Alan and Brian. The family thanked doctors at New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center Wednesday.
Living Donor Kidney Transplant - Dr. Sandip Kapur
Sandip Kapur, M.D., the Chief of Transplant Surgery and Director of Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Programs at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City, discusses living donor kidney transplants.
Kidney Donation: Living With One Kidney
In this Medical Minute, Dr. Del Pizzo answers a common question among kidney donors, "Can I live with only one?"
