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Young Father Receives the Gift of Life with a Heart Transplant

My team of doctors did a great job.
Nandan Savalia has always enjoyed living a healthy lifestyle. He remained active, regularly participating in fitness classes at ...
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Newark Beth Israel Heart Transplant Gives Second Chance

By summer he was able to enjoy swimming with his family again and is grateful for this second chance at life.
One day in 2017, Steven Mongiovi, 62, of Forked River, woke up at 6am experiencing a massive heart attack while his ...
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Going Home with a New Heart

“I felt normal...I felt like before I got sick.”
A young father's unexpected heart failure was successfully treated with a heart transplant. At 34, Derrick Baker had no history ...
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A Heart Transplant Helps a Newark Man Keep the Song Alive

“I’m looking to get back not just to 100 percent,” Bernard says, “but 200 percent, where I come back stronger than ever.”
At 1:30 a.m., a nurse holding a glowing cell phone approached Bernard China’s hospital bed at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center ...
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Heart Transplant at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

“I know I’m meant to be here for my son. And if my going through this would save a family member, I’d do it all over again.”
Heart transplant recipient Brittany Stahl received a heart transplant at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and has become a ...
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Heart Transplant Team Saved Kimesha’s Life During the Pandemic

"The bond we share ... no one can break it."
As a teen, Kimesha Smith couldn’t run as fast as her friends, but she didn’t think anything of it. Little did she know that she ...
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New Heart, New Kidney, New Life

“When I first got out of the hospital, I couldn’t even lift a gallon of milk. Now, I’m walking, doing yoga and playing in my band”
Thanks to an anonymous donor, Douglas Delahanty received two new organs—a heart and a kidney—one year ago at Newark Beth Israel ...
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Newark Beth Israel Heart and Lung Transplant Success Story

Following a heart and lung transplant at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Ethiel Fontalvo said, “I can walk — I do three miles now — and I can climb up the stairs. Before, I was out of breath after 12 steps.”
The Advanced Heart Failure Treatment and Transplant team at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center performed a rare and complex heart ...
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A Successful Pregnancy After Heart Transplant

“With the heart transplant at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, they opened up a new life for me. Now I feel normal, and that makes me feel that I can do anything.”
Gladis Cuadros, 36, speaks in a soft, musical voice that paints even the most serious subjects with a sunny gloss—which doesn’t ...
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