Patient Stories

“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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“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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“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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"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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“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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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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“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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“With my new heart, I feel better than I’ve ever felt”

In late 2019, Jerry Kubu, 61, was at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBI) with a serious heart condition when he got a very ...

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“Everyone has been great and has helped me get my life back. The doctors and nursing staff all really care. You can tell this is much more than just a job for them."

Dashawn Womack is thankful to be alive. Diagnosed with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, the Trenton resident’s heart was ...

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