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In a first-of-its-kind surgery for Long Island, the Northwell Health Transplant Institute performed a successful three-organ transplant of a Queens man who was in various stages of heart, liver and ...
A Queens man is calling it a miracle that doctors found a match for a first-of-its-kind triple organ transplant on Long Island. Triple transplants are rare. There have been fewer than 60 performed in ...
“It’s definitely not another day in the office,” said Dr. Ahmed Fahmy, a kidney transplant surgeon at Northwell’s North Shore ...
In a historic medical milestone, a Long Island hospital successfully completed its first heart, liver, and kidney transplant on a single patient—giving a 47-year-old Queens man a miraculous second ...
It took rotating teams of medical experts to complete the 14-hour surgery. "It's definitely not another day in the office, not a regular day," Dr. Ahmed Fahmy said. "Moments like this are very ...
Sergio Arias Cestoni had successful heart, kidney and liver transplants during a 14-hour surgery at North Shore University Hospital.
“Listening to Sergio talking today is very rewarding to all of us. It’s why we’re doing this,” said Dr. Ahmed Fahmy. The triple transplant the Northwell doctors helped perform was one of ...