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The Gardner family's loss leads to gift of life through organ donation.

Organ Donation

Organ Donation | Recycling Life from UAB Health System on Vimeo.

Parents, Hope and Stephen Gardner, chose to donate their son, Chris', organs, following a fatal bicycle accident, Learn more about how to give the gift of life by becoming an organ donor.

Skip Monaghan received a heart transplant from UAB and regained his pilot's license.

Heart Transplant

Skip Monaghan _ Heart Transplant from UAB Health System on Vimeo.

Skip Monaghan's pilot's license was removed after a heart operation went terribly wrong. Skip turned to UAB for a heart transplant, which was such a success that the FAA gave him back his wings.

UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute

50 Years of Transplant

In 2018, the UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute celebrated the 50th anniversary of Alabama's first organ transplant. Take a stroll down memory lane with this video retrospective.

Born with a complicated form of congenital heart disease, baby Zaidan is now thriving following a life-saving transplant.

Zaidan's Story: Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome/Heart Transplant

Baby Zaidan's life was forever changed when he was diagnosed prenatally with a rare congenital heart defect - Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. When a heart attack weakened his already underdeveloped heart, his chances of survival were slim. UAB physicians performed a successful heart transplant and Zaidan and his mom celebrated at the American Heart Association's Birmingham Heart Walk.

Jan Duke is on a mission to help inspire other transplant patients, following her own life saving liver transplant at UAB.

Liver Transplant

Jan Duke got the call of a lifetime when word came that the liver needed to save her life was available. A few hours later, a dedicated team of transplant experts at UAB Hospital began the successful surgery to save Duke's life. Watch her story and hear from the man who led the transplant team, Dr. Derek Dubay.

UAB makes history, saving the life of 9 year old heart failure patient, Greer Underwood, using a mechanical heart pump.

Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device

UAB makes history, saving the life of 9 year old heart failure patient, Greer Underwood, using a mechanical heart pump. This was the first time this type of support device was used in a pediatric patient. Greer is now thriving following a successful transplant.

Heart failure patient, Bob Boyer, received a life saving heart transplant at UAB.

Heart Transplant

Bob Boyer suffered a major heart attack in August 2011 from which his heart never recovered. That damage meant his heart was slowly failing. Without a heart transplant, Boyer's heart failure would eventually kill him. Watch Boyer's inspiring story of receiving news of a donor heart within hours of going on the transplant list and the doctors at UAB who performed the surgery that saved his life.

62-year-old grandmother donates kidney to save 2-year-old granddaughter suffering from rare congenital nephrotic syndrome

Carol Graydon: Kidney Transplant Donor

Carol Graydon_ Kidney Transplant Donor _ Media Relations video from UAB Health System on Vimeo.

Newborn Wryn Graydon was diagnosed with congenital nephrotic syndrome and required a kidney transplant at age two. 62-year-old Carol Graydon — or GiGi as she is affectionately called — donated a kidney at UAB to save her granddaughter’s life. Carol says she hopes when people see their family’s story it will encourage someone to become a living donor to others in need.

After struggling with type 1 diabetes since childhood, Jan Jones was cured with a combined kidney/pancreas transplant at UAB.

Jan Jones: Kidney & Pancreas Transplant Recipient

Jan Jones_ Kidney &amp Pancreas Transplant Recipient from UAB Health System on Vimeo.

Complications from type 1 diabetes caused Jan Jones to go into total renal failure. Today, with not only a new kidney, but also a new pancreas, Jan is cured of diabetes, and is thriving, following her combined organ transplant at UAB.

See Ann and Tess's transplant story.

What would you do for a friend? Most of us say we’d do anything for those that matter most to us, but actually doing so is another thing entirely.

Ann Rayburn and Tess Bourge have been friends for years. Rayburn says Bourge was the first person she met when she moved to Birmingham. So when Bourge’s health started to deteriorate before her 60th birthday, she knew she’d need her friend’s support to get through it. What she didn’t realize was that Rayburn would be there for much more than just emotional support; Rayburn gave her a second chance at life.

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