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August 28, 2023August 28, 2023

Getting His Life Back: Regaining Strength After a Triple-Organ Transplant

By Denise Mann

MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Valance Sams Sr. believes that he has experienced “a miracle.”

Sams, now 46, underwent a triple organ transplant in the spring of 2023, making him one of fewer than 50 people in the United States to ever receive three new organs via transplantation. Read the full story in U.S. News & World Report.

July 26, 2023July 26, 2023

Cedars-Sinai patient receives new heart, liver and kidney in 20-hour transplant surgery

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A father is getting back to doing what he loves after undergoing a rare triple-organ transplant at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Valance Sams Sr. underwent the 20-hours surgery for a new heart, liver and kidney this past spring, according to the hospital. Check out the full story from ABC 7 Los Angeles.