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Two Girls from New Jersey Receive Lifesaving Liver Transplants at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital

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Team from Newly Launched Pediatric Liver Disease & Transplant Program Performed the First-Ever Pediatric Liver Transplants at Hospital Within a Week of Each Other

Surgeons at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone and the NYU Langone Transplant Institute have successfully performed the first two pediatric liver transplants at the institution. The lifesaving surgeries were conducted within a week of each other, giving hope and a new lease on life to two young girls from New Jersey.

To address the rising incidence of liver disease in children and the critical need for quality care, Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital formed the Pediatric Liver Disease and Transplant Program this April.  Read the complete press release from NYU Langone Health.

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‘A Lot More to Do’ for Longevity of Kids Who Receive Organs

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By Jake Remaly

Sara Kathryn Smith, MD, knows better than most that studying pediatric organ transplant recipients in adulthood can be a challenge.

Smith, the medical director of pediatric liver transplantation at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, is a transplant recipient herself.

“Following somebody 20, 30 years after a liver transplant when they are out there running their life and having no issues at all, it is hard to convince them to come back every month for labs,” Smith said. Read the full article in Medscape.

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One day on the field, admitted to the ICU the next: Rob’s liver transplant journey

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By Veronica Giarla

When you’re a teen, it’s not very common to worry about what’s going on inside your body — especially not about potential organ failure. For Rob, now 14 years old, that happened in the blink of an eye. One day, he was scoring goals in soccer and hanging out with his friends. But in just a matter of hours, he was in acute liver failure.

“Rob woke up feeling not himself,” remembers Rachel, Rob’s mom. “He had diarrhea, was lethargic, and was getting worse by the hour. By the afternoon, his eyes were turning yellow, and that’s when I knew we had to go to Boston Children’s Hospital.”
Read the full article from Boston Children’s Hospital.

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From Patient to Doctor: How a Transplant Recipient Became a Transplant Physician

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Sara Kathryn Smith — the medical director of pediatric liver transplantation at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, brings a unique insight and perspective to the job, as a transplant recipient herself


Newswise — At age 17, Sara Kathryn Smith began an unexpected, personal health journey — a journey that would alter the course of her life and career and, ultimately, provide her a unique set of experiences to help others as a medical professional. Today, Smith serves as the medical director for pediatric liver transplantation at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. But years ago, she was a liver transplant patient herself. 

Her liver troubles began one evening during her junior year of high school — Smith had a pain in her stomach and threw up blood the following morning. Read the full story from Johns Hopkins Medicine.

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