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Apr 28, 2020 Miracle in New Brunswick: Heart Transplant Recipient Goes Home Transplant Services

Dashawn Womack is thankful to be alive. Diagnosed with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, the Trenton resident’s heart was failing. The condition left Womack’s heart unable to pump blood properly throughout his body restricting the 34-year-old’s ability ...

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Feb 5, 2020 Hospital Employee Donates Kidney to Coworker’s Husband Transplant Services

Colleen Herkert and Jennifer Loreto have been part of the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick family for more than a decade. They work together on the hospital’s bone marrow transplant unit , where Colleen, RD, CSO, CNSC, is a registered ...

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Jan 24, 2020 Saint Barnabas Medical Center Performs Most Transplants Ever Transplant Services

The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division at Saint Barnabas Medical Center (SBMC) has broken its all-time record for the number of kidney transplants performed in one year. During 2019, the team completed 351 kidney transplants – topping its previous ...

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Jan 7, 2020 Francis L. Weng, MD, MSCE, Named Chief of the Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division at Saint Barnabas Medical Center Transplant Services

Francis L. Weng, MD, MSCE, was recently appointed Chief of the Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division at Saint Barnabas Medical Center (SBMC). “As Chief, Dr. Weng now oversees all aspects of the Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division, from patient care to ...

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