Transplant Page

Liver failure resulting from complications of Hepatitis C is the leading indication for
Liver Transplantation in North America.  Sign your licence or donor card.
"Don't take your organs to Heaven, Heaven knows we need them here."

* Donor Awareness Events *

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week
is held the last week of April each year in Canada.

4th Canadian Transplant Games, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.  Aug. 4-10, 2008
 

 Famous Liver Recipients Due to HCV

David Crosby
Evel Knievel
Mickey Mantle, baseball great, died of cancer after liver failure, attributed to both alcohol and HCV.
Phil Lesh, bass guitarist from the Grateful Dead Band

News Stories/Research

Living organ donors get money back in Ontario, Manitoba, B.C. (April 18, 2008)

Age alone does not increase risk of death following liver transplant among selected septuagenarians (Aug. 20, 2007)

The treatment of HCV recurrence after liver transplantation (July 15, 2007)

Resources

Liver Transplant Program Handbook (pdf)
Revised 2008 London Health Sciences Centre

 Transplant Links in Canada

Organ Donor Awareness & Support Links
 

Merv's Blog Site (Waterloo, Ontario)

Hospital staff to discuss organ donation with families (Oshawa, Ont. Jan. 9, 2007)

Transplant Centres in Canada

B.C. Transplant Society

London Health Sciences Centre

The Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital: Liver

QEII Health Sciences Centre Halifax, N.S. 

University of Alberta Hospital,
Capital Health's organ and tissue transplant program

 Organ Donor Awareness & Support Links in the USA

The James Redford Institute for Transplant Awareness

Organ and Tissue Donation/Transplantation

United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)

 Transplant Centres (USA)

The Baylor Regional Transplant Institute(Dallas-Fort Worth, TX)

California Pacific Medical Center -(Liver Disease Management and Transplant Program)

Lahey Clinic (Burlington, MA)

Loma Linda University Transplantation Institute (Calif)

Saint Louis University Liver Center (St. Louis, MO)

UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco, CA)

University of Maryland Medicine Transplant Center (Baltimore, MD)

USC Liver Transplant Program and Center for Liver Disease (Los Angeles, CA)

More Pages on Sandi's Site

Durham Hepatitis C Support Group
"HCV- The Taboo Subject" by Sandi Copyright 1998
Hepatitis C Counselling Guidelines
"Hepatitis C" Essay by Sandi's son Copyright 2000
Medical Research Page
Memorial Page
Sandi's Proclamation Page for Hepatitis C Awareness
Sandi's Story Copyright 1997
Sandi's Tests/Results/Updates Copyright 1997-2008

This personal website is maintained by Smilin' Sandi, HCV Volunteer Advocate,
providing Hepatitis C information and support worldwide since 1997.

Smilin' Sandi does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external websites. 
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Email Listowner/Moderator Smilin' Sandi for a personal invite to join
the Yahoo CANHepC list for current Hep C info and private online support.
Pre/post liver transplant recipients are encouraged to join for current news and articles,
as well as to read liver recipient's stories.

Original Page Nov. 22, 2000
Updated: 04/22/08