In 2004, when Jeff Granger received a donor kidney and pancreas from a stranger, he established a relationship with the donor’s family. Fifteen years later, when the kidney began failing, his new family once again stepped up to save his life.
UF Health Shands Hospital’s kidney transplant program has demonstrated favorable outcomes, according to a recent report from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, or SRTR. The results, released in January by SRTR, a database operated by the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation that analyzes organ transplantation nationwide, measured transplant outcomes over…
Kenneth Andreoni, M.D. Kenneth Andreoni, M.D., has been named the new chief of the division of transplantation surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He oversees the division’s kidney, liver and pancreas transplantation program.
Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a well-known organization that rates health care providers, has named eight UF surgeons among the nation’s “top doctors” for 2015: Kenneth Andreoni, M.D., associate professor, UF division of transplantation surgery Kevin E. Behrns, M.D., chairman of the department of surgery and the…
