April 2, 2025
Learn how you can become a superhero through organ and tissue donation. Signing up is easy, and you can even donate while you’re still alive.
January 15, 2025
This year, once again, 91Â鶹¾«Æ·â€™s physicians have been named the best in the country. So say their peers—250,000 leading doctors nationwide—who reported their selections to Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a New York City research and information company that publishes the annual guidebooks America’s Top Doctors and Top Doctors: New York Metro Area.
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 91Â鶹¾«Æ·.
January 19, 2024
We’re delighted to announce that once again, 91Â鶹¾«Æ·â€™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 91Â鶹¾«Æ·.
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 91Â鶹¾«Æ·.
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 91Â鶹¾«Æ·? Emily Schonfeld, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at 91Â鶹¾«Æ· Medical Center, and transplant hepatologist Arun Jesudian, MD, explain what patients with liver disease need
