Tarik is doing well and he is excited to eat a meal outside of a hospital bed. He is also looking forward to returning to the gym and getting back to work.
On January 27, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBI), RWJBarnabas Health, heart transplant surgeons Katherine Wood, MD, Surgical Director of the LVAD program, Northern Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Igor Gosev, MD, PhD, Section Chief of Heart Transplantation & Mechanical Circulatory Support, Northern Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Harry Sun, MD, Director of Transplant Surgery at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center performed a heart and kidney transplant on Tarik Hudson, a 28-year-old man who came to Newark Beth Israel Medical Center from Willingboro NJ. Multi-organ transplants are rare; approximately 10 percent of all transplants are multi-organ procedures.
Tarik began experiencing symptoms of cardio-renal syndrome in 2020. His local physicians placed him on medications until 2023 when his condition worsened. By the end of 2024 he was suffering from severe fluid retention. He was admitted and transferred to several local hospitals until he was finally transferred to Newark Beth Israel Medical Center where the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Team placed Tarik on a temporary artificial heart pump and continuous dialysis while he awaited the transplants he needed to survive. By mid-January, Tarik was at the top of the list for both a kidney and a heart transplant. In a matter of weeks, he got the call.
Today, after months of hospital visits and transfers, Tarik is doing well and he is excited to eat a meal outside of a hospital bed. He is also looking forward to returning to the gym and getting back to work.
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