April 11, 2024
You don’t have to die to donate an organ, but you could still save someone’s life. Find out more about being a living donor at Weill Cornell Medicine.
January 19, 2024
We’re delighted to announce that once again, Weill Cornell Medicine’s physicians are among the best in the country.
November 9, 2023
Lauren O’Reilly’s donor turned out to be none other than her husband, DJ Toby.
October 11, 2023
Polycystic liver disease (PLD) is a rare genetic disorder that causes normal liver tissue to be replaced by fluid-filled liver cysts. Liver cysts are actually pretty common, but their true prevalence is unknown, as they tend to be asymptomatic, says Dr. Danielle Brandman, Medical Director of the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at Weill Cornell Medicine.
July 12, 2023
Several years ago, Christine Rutigliano’s manicurist noticed that her customer’s eyes looked yellow—a sure sign of liver disease. Christine, a New York City native who lives near Albany, knew she needed to see a doctor but wasn’t sure where to go for diagnosis and treatment. A childhood memory provided the answer.
June 7, 2023
Bile duct cancer, also known as cholangiocarcinoma, is a type of cancer that occurs in the bile ducts—a network of convergent tubes that carry bile, a digestive fluid, from the liver to the small intestine. This relatively rare cancer can develop in the small ducts within the liver (intrahepatic) or in the larger ones that run from the liver to the small intestine (extrahepatic).
October 26, 2022
10 year old Boy Receives Life-Saving Liver Transplant at NewYork-Presbyterian After Being Turned Down By Multiple Hospitals
July 19, 2022
Anne McDermott, a 53-year-old who lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut and hails originally from Pittsburgh, received a new liver at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in the fall of 2021. The surgery went extremely well, but transplant patients typically require fairly long hospital stays, and McDermott was no exception.
February 10, 2022
February 14th is National Donor Day. Take the day to learn more about becoming an organ donor.
October 4, 2021
Benjamin Samstein, MD, Chief of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, discusses the living donor liver transplantation program at Weill Cornell Medicine.
June 29, 2021
Getting donated livers to the highest-need patients at that moment—that’s the name of the game when physicians are treating potential liver transplant recipients.
April 22, 2021
The diagnosis was stage 4 gallbladder cancer for Janet D’Addario in February 2018. For the beloved matriarch’s family, the news felt tragic.
April 7, 2021
When Jean Kane, was 16 years old, she wasn’t surprised to have been diagnosed with polycystic liver and kidney disease—she’d seen her mother experience it. But when Jean was 45, the cysts grew dramatically.
November 4, 2020
What do patients with liver disease need to know about their risk of contracting the virus that causes COVID-19, and about the continuity of care at Weill Cornell Medicine? Emily Schonfeld, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Weill Cornell Medical Center, and transplant hepatologist Arun Jesudian, MD, explain what patients with liver disease need
October 27, 2020
Nick Oprish recalls the precise date--May 1, 2019--when he and his wife, Melissa, learned that the chest pains he’d been experiencing were due to aggressive liver cancer.
February 26, 2018
Dr. Benjamin Samstein, the Chief of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, was recently featured in an article about laparoscopic liver transplantation in the Wall Street Journal.
The procedure is a less invasive way to perform liver transplantation, and many believe more expanding access to this procedure could encourage more donors to step forward.... Read More
November 20, 2017
When Peter McKay and his husband, Chris, brought home their daughter from the hospital, they were overjoyed.But two months after bringing Darcy to their Crown Heights apartment, she began to show signs of liver failure. Peter and Chris soon learned that their baby, Darcy, had a rare genetic disease called progressive intrahepatic cholestasis type 2, or PFIC2, which prevents liver cells from properly flushing out bile and forcing it into the bloodstream instead. If left untreated, doctors told... Read More
May 1, 2017
At only 8 months old, Finn O'Sullivan desperately needed a liver transplant.Finn was diagnosed with two conditions: biliary atresia, a rare disease of the liver and bile ducts that occurs in infants, and Alpha-1, a genetic disorder that can cause liver disease. Without a new liver, doctors said, he would not have lived long.Fortunately, Finn's family didn't have to look too far for a donor — Finn's godmother, Sarah McKitterick was a "perfect" match, according to an article by ABC News, which... Read More
January 2, 2015
When Matt Felix's liver began to fail, he knew needed a transplant. Word spread fast about his condition, eventually making its way to Pat Kacani, one of his college friends."I was sitting at my desk and reading it and I was like, 'Oh, man,'" Kacani told WTVR. "I was like, 'I can do this. It is going to be me.'"Kacani volunteered to donate part of his healthy liver to help Felix, and eventually found out he was a match.... Read More
