[07-24-2007] The Virginia Commonwealth University Health System is one of 173 medical centers nationwide to be named in U.S. News & World Report's 2007 rankings of America's Best Hospitals.

[03-04-2007] The ILTS accepted the 3 Hume-Lee abstracts that were submitted to the meeting as oral communications. The Transplant Center has also been selected as one of the six winners for the Rising Start award. Abstract 1; Abstract 2; Abstract 3. See all Abstract presented at AST.

[01-29-2007] The 2007 Calendar has been posted! Click here to view our yearly calendar.

[01-29-2007] A write-up on the 2006 Donor Celebration can be found here. The celebration was held to honor our living donors and their recipients, as well as to increase transplant awareness. Thanks to all who attended and who made this great event possible.

[01-29-2007] VCU has been named amoung the nation's most active kidney-transplant hospitals. Click here for the full article.

[08-15-2006] A new Islet Cell Transplant Section has been added to the website. Click here to view the new section.

[08-09-2006] The Hume-Lee Transplant Center recently presented 11 abstracts at the AST conference and made a hugh impression. Click here to view the abstracts.

[07-15-2006] The Hume-Lee Transplant Center was sponsored by Wyeth and Pharmacare Pharmacy at the Anthem Gurney Tourney held at Richmond International Raceway on June 24, 2006. The team had a great time decorating the gurney and participating in this annual Richmond fund raising event. All team members dressed in Roman attire and organized to increase the general public’s knowledge of organ donation and transplantation. The runners represented the speed at which transplants take place. The chariot represented the vehicle that brings the donated organ to the recipient and the rider represented the Gift of Life for all transplant recipients at VCU Medical Center. The Hume-Lee Transplant Center team won the fastest time and paraded the winning gurney at the Indy Race that evening. The staff turned out in numbers and cheered on our gurney. Not only did we loudly cheer our team on, but were the proud winners of the Most Enthusiastic Award, again this year! We are excited about planning next year’s gurney. Click here to see pictures of the Hume-Lee Transplant Center at “work and play”.

[01-18-2006] Some new papers have been placed in Press in December 2005:

- Mas V, Maluf G, Archer K, Yanek K, Cotterell A, King A, Gonzalez-Ferreira A, Rodgers C, Fisher RA, Posner M. Study of mRNA Growth Factors in Urinary Cells of Kidney Transplant Recipients as predictors of Chronic Allograft Nephropathy. Transplantation 2005 (in Press)

- Maluf G, Mas V, Archer K, Yanek K, King A, Gonzalez-Ferreira A, Rodgers C, Fisher RA, Posner M. Apolipoprotein E genotypes as predictors of high-risk group for developing hyperlipidemia in kidney transplant recipients undergoing sirolimus treatment. Transplantation 2005 (in Press)

- Mas V, Maluf D, Dumur C, Archer K, Yanek K, Jackson-Cook C, Fisher RA. Molecular techniques for identifying HCC origin and biology after orthotopic liver transplantation . Diagnostic Molecular Pathology (Accepted for publication)

- Maluf D, Shim I, Posner M, Cotterell AH, Fisher RA. Salvage Procedure for Unexpected Portal Vein Thrombosis in Living-Donor Liver Transplantation. Transplantation Procceding 2006. In Press.

Medical College of Virginia Hospitals & Physicians/VCU Health System now offers an American Society of Transplant Physicians Approved Transplant Nephrology Fellowship, in addition to our longstanding American Society of Transplant Surgeons Approved Transplant Surgery Fellowship within the Hume Lee Transplant Center at VCU. [See the Fellowship page for more details]

The Hume-Lee Transplant Center at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System is pleased to announce several new employees to our transplant team. Jodi Wickersham, RN, BS is our nurse manager in the kidney and liver transplant clinic. Wickersham has been at the VCU Health System for 15 years. Peggy Schaeffer, RN is the inpatient transplant unit nurse manager. Schaffer has been in transplant for 17 years and previously worked in our Risk Management Department. Paula Kelley, RN, MS, FNP has recently joined the Hume-Lee Transplant Center as one of the Post-Transplant Coordinators. Kelley formerly worked as a nurse in the heart-lung transplant surgical services at the Medical University of South Carolina. Debbie Grice, RN, BSN joined our team as the Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplant Coordinator. Grice has been with the VCU Health System since 1995.

On August 26, 2004, the Hume-Lee Transplant Center at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System hosted our annual Donor Celebration at the Virginia Aviation Museum in Richmond, VA. This celebration was held to honor of our living donors and their recipients, as well as an educational event to increase transplant awareness. Over 200 people joined us for this event, including our first paired exchange renal transplant couples. The evening was filled with patient testimonials and an opportunity to share stories of their transplantexperiences.

Promotions and Appointments

Marc P. Posner, M.D. has been named David M. Hume Chair in Surgery at VCUHS, and Robert A. Fisher, M.D. has been named H.M. Lee Professor of Surgery at VCUHS, both by VCU Board of Visitors this month.

Dr. Posner has been Professor and Chairman, Division of Transplantation Surgery, and Director, Hume-Lee Transplant Center, since 1994.

Dr. Fisher is Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, and has been at VCUHS since 1991. He is currently Director, VCUHS Liver Transplant Program, and Director, VCUHS Transplantation Research Laboratory.

Eric Gibney, M.D. has joined the Hume-Lee Transplant Center of the VCU Medical Center in Richmond, VA as transplant nephrologist. Dr. Gibney earned his medical degree from Emory University in Atlanta, GA and was a fellow in renal transplantation at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, CO. He was also a fellow in nephrology at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. Among Dr. Gibney’s clinical interests are cardiovascular outcomes in renal transplantation, quality of care in kidney transplantation, sensitive crossmatch techniques and clinical outcomes, and kidney donor outcomes.

The Hume-Lee Transplant Center also welcomes Maricar Davis, RN, BS, as one of our Renal Transplant Coordinators. Davis has 25 years of nursing experience, of which 15 years in the post-anesthesia care unit at VCU Medical Center.