Posts Tagged ‘kidney’
Giving the gift of life: Demystifying the process of becoming a living kidney donor
Heather Perez Saiz, MA, LCSW, CCTSW, is the Independent Living Donor Advocate at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus. Kirsten Curtis is the Transplant Coordinator at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus. Currently there are almost 90,000 people on the kidney transplant list in the United States and the need is greater than ever. In 2023, there were approximately…
Read MoreA Gift of Love: Daniel and Tara Find Their Perfect Match
Living kidney donation is a gift like no other. People living with end-stage kidney failure must have dialysis every two or three days, traveling to a dialysis center and sitting for four or five hours while their blood is circulating through a machine that cleans waste products and toxins from the blood. The process is…
Read MoreDialysis Patients in Northern Virginia Have a New Option at the Falls Church Somatus Dialysis Center
Somatus and Inova introduce new dialysis center to Falls Church community, including in-home dialysis services September 2018 – Lt. Governor of Virginia Justin Fairfax joined community physicians and team members from Inova for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of the Somatus dialysis center in Falls Church, VA. The new dialysis center is located at…
Read MoreTargeting the Pain: New ablation procedure helps provide cancer pain relief
(October 3, 2013) A procedure called targeted-Radiofrequency Ablation (t-RFA) for bone metastatic lesions on the spine has provided immediate pain relief for cancer patients, according to Sandeep Bagla, MD, interventional radiologist at Inova Mount Vernon and Inova Alexandria hospitals. “This technology is really a breakthrough because for years we’ve had [t-RFA] for lungs, kidneys and…
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