Patient Care Webster Man Thrives with a ‘Rare’ Century-Old Kidney By Leslie White Sep. 28, 2026 Next month, Raymond Vetuskey will celebrate his 65th birthday with predictable fanfare though the occasion is anything but routine, since he’s living with a ‘rare’ 100-year-old kidney. Calculating ...
Patient Care Transplant Teams Honor Selfless Individuals' Gifts to Critically Ill Patients By Leslie White Apr. 30, 2026 Heroic individuals’ lifesaving generosity is in the spotlight as University of Rochester Medicine expanded the Gifts of Life Honor Wall at Strong Memorial Hospital. Last year nearly 250 people ...
Community 3 Powerful Reasons to Become an Organ Donor By Leslie White Apr. 28, 2025 Denise Abbey felt her “life was slowly slipping away” in 2022, as her heart was failing and doctors added her to the wait list for a new heart. She feared she wouldn’t survive to raise her teen boys. ...
Community Heroes Honored for Selfless Donations to Save Lives By Leslie White Apr. 8, 2025 UR Medicine is celebrating the heroes whose donations of organs, eye, tissue and bone marrow provided second chances for critically ill patients last year. Their names will be unveiled on the Gift of ...
