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May 31, 2025 Fatty Liver Disease Gets A New Name

This month marks two years since it was announced that fatty liver disease and its subcategories were getting updated nomenclature (names). Let's take a quick look at the revised names so that as you see them appear more frequently online and in articles ...

May 20, 2025 Kidney Social Summit

This past weekend, the National Kidney Foundation hosted a 'Kidney Social Summit' which featured Amna Ilahe, MD, Director of Living Donor Program and Transplant Nephrologist with Methodist Transplant Specialists at Methodist Dallas Medical Center. Dr. ...

May 20, 2025 Showing Our Appreciation

Our team has been busy for the last few months! We have celebrated National Nurses Week, Patient Appreciation Week, as well as our very own Employee Engagement Month! Let’s take a behind-the-scenes look at the fun, supportive events happening at Methodist ...

Mar 11, 2025 Transplant Learning Conference 2025

Our annual Transplant Learning Conference is designed to provide healthcare workers with essential information, best practices, and the latest advancements in the field of kidney transplantation. For over two decades, we have hosted this premier ...

Jan 14, 2025 Rezdiffra: An FDA Approved Treatment for NASH

Note: NASH is now known as MASH (Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis) Earlier this year, big news in the treatment of MASH was announced and The Liver Institute at Methodist Dallas and the Clinical Research Institute at Methodist Dallas ...

Jan 8, 2025 Bridging the Knowledge Gap: A Symposium on MASLD

The Liver Institute recently hosted an informative symposium to address the growing concern of Metabolic Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD), formerly known as NAFLD/NASH. By bringing together healthcare providers from across the DFW area and ...

Apr 22, 2024 Celebrating Donate Life Month

A Puerto Rico 40th Anniversary April is National Donate Life Month - a campaign encouraging Americans to become registered organ donors and honor those who have saved lives through the gift of donation. One way Methodist is honoring National Donate Life ...

Apr 21, 2022 Methodist leads the way in North Texas to bring equality to kidney transplants

In the United States, more than 37 million adults have kidney diseases with a disproportionate number of those people being minorities, like Black and Hispanic. In many areas of healthcare, such as kidney transplantation, these groups face barriers and ...