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Whether you are a patient, family member, professional, volunteer, or community supporter, our newsletter provides a variety of articles and announcements which range from educational to accomplishments and upcoming events. Each issue includes a medical article and guest perspective on the same subject, plus the latest news from our Board of Director’s president, a list of the House’s most-needed items for your donation consideration, a list of upcoming events, and much more. Click on the links below to access a PDF of the newsletter. (If you don’t have the program Adobe® Reader® on your PC, link here to download a free copy.)
 
Note that the information contained in our newsletters is not intended to replace advice given by a physician based on examination of a patient. The information presented in each issue was accurate at the time of publication, but may not represent the most accurate information available today. If you have a unique transplant story or other article idea, please contact us via e-mail at office@gift-of-life.org or submit in writing to us at 705 Second St. SW, Rochester, MN 55902. Please include all of your current contact information, including e-mail address and phone numbers. We’ll be in touch!
 
Spring 2012

Medical topic: Blood and Marrow Transplantation - Continued Progress
Guest perspective: From Linda Clements, The Gift of a New Life

Fall 2011

Special Tribute Program Memorials & Honorees
Guest perspective: From Serbia to Rochester, A Long Way from Home
Summer 2011

Medical topic: Hand Transplantation - a New Era of Transplantation at Mayo Clinic                   Guest perspective: To Gift of Life with Love

Fall 2010 Medical topic: Transplant at Mayo - Surprising Facts & Figures
Guest perspective: Gavin's New Heart
Winter 2010 Medical topic: 2000th Liver Transplant Celebration
Guest perspective:First annual 5K Fundraiser
Fall 2009 Medical topic: Innovative Therapeutic Options for Sensitized Renal Transplant Patients
Guest perspective: 25th Anniversary Golf Tournament
Spring 2009 Celebrating 25 years!!!
Winter 2009 Medical topic: Graft vs. Host Disease in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant
Guest perspective: Holiday Happenings
Summer 2008 Medical topic: Heart Assist Devices for Congestive Heart Failure
Winter 2008 Medical topic: Medication Interactions - The Transplant Recipient
Fall 2007 Medical topic: Transplantation for the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus
Guest perspective: In Memorium of Sister Margeen Hoffmann
Spring 2007 Medical topic: Update on Lung Transplantation
Guest perspective: Running for the lives of others
Winter 2007 Medical topic:Common Infections Following Transplant
Guest perspective: National Association of Hospital Hospitality Houses
Fall 2006 Medical topic: Pulmonary Hypertension
Guest perspective: Annual Golf Benefit is a Gift of Life Family Reunion
Spring 2006 Medical topic: Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Transplant
Guest perspective: Everyone is a Potential Donor 
Winter 2006 Medical topic: Obesity in Liver and Kidney Transplant
Guest perspective: Graces of Being Together at Gift of Life
Fall 2005 Medical topic: Mental health vital signs for transplant patients
Guest perspective: Ben's garden
Spring 2005 Medical topic: Xenotransplantation using pigs
Guest perspective: Matthew Baxter with Megan Yeargan
Winter 2005 Medical topic: non-heart-beating donations
Guest perspectives: Joe and Tina Martini, Sandy Verbeck, Matthew Baxter and Megan Yeargan, and John and Pat Browne
Fall 2004 Medical topic: cholangiocarcinoma and liver transplants
Guest perspectives: George Bollinger and Peter Han
Spring 2004 Medical topic: pediatric transplantations
Guest perspective: Sarah Bacerra (waiting for a liver)
Winter 2003 Medical topic: ABO incompatible” and “Positive crossmatch transplantations
Guest perspective: Cedrick Cobb
Fall 2003 Medical topic: Familial or hereditary amyloidosis (ATTR) and Primary Systemic Amyloidosis (AL)
Guest perspectives: Jerry Coger and Sue Seiler
Spring 2003 Topic: Caregiving
Guest perspectives: Mary Jo Renner (heart transplant recipient)

Online Giving

 

 

Save the Date

 

 Gift Of Life Benefit 5K Run/walk Sun. June 3 @9am Registar at 

http://www.events.runningroom.com/site/?raceId=7993

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 28th Annual Gift Of Life Benefit Golf Tournament and White Party  Monday July 9

 

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8th Annual Gift Of Life Wine Tasting Event Friday Oct 12, "A Taste for Life"

   

 

 

 

 

 

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