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The liver – the largest organ inside your body – is a vital organ performing hundreds of tasks associated with food digestion, energy storage and waste filtering. Liver disease, also called hepatic disease, is a general term that refers to any condition ...

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 ...

How much do you know about your liver? Like most people, the answer is probably only a little. Let’s start with some basic facts as we learn more about the body’s largest internal organ. Basic facts about the liver Location : Just under your ribcage on the ...

Every year The Transplant Institute at Methodist Dallas treat patients with kidney disease, often associated with diabetes; so every year on the fourth Tuesday of March, our focus is dedicated to the American Diabetes Association’s Diabetes Alert Day . ...

The Transplant Institute at Methodist Dallas has been doing kidney transplants for nearly four decades. To date, we have performed over 2,600 kidney transplants with outcomes that meet or exceed national averages. As one of the leading kidney transplant ...

Did you know that Valentine’s Day shares a holiday with a life-saving day of awareness? That’s right! National Donor Day , an observance dedicated to spreading awareness and education about organ, eye and tissue donation, is also observed on February 14th. ...

Liver disease has been on the rise for decades, resulting in an increasing number of patients needing a liver transplant. According to the Liver Foundation , 5.5 million Americans are living with chronic liver disease or cirrhosis, two of the leading ...

As Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15) comes to an end, Methodist Transplant Specialists are proud to join in the celebration of the vast histories, cultures and influential contributions of the LatinX population. This observance first ...