Liver Disease and Transplant News
Liver Transplant Program is Best in the U.S. Print E-mail

The Liver Transplant Program at Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital* is recognized as the best liver transplant program in the country. Click here to learn more.

 
KENS 5: Texas Transplant Physician Group's Dr. Palma Discusses Liver Cancer Early Diagnosis Benefits and Treatment Options Print E-mail

To watch the KENS 5 story featuring Liver, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Surgeon, Dr. Juan Palma-Vargas discuss the high incidence of liver cancer in Texas and how the Liver Disease and Transplant Program offers a variety of state-of-the-art treatment options, click here and select "Importance of Pre-Screening" from the KENS 5 Cancer Program list.

 
KENS 5: BMT Director, Dr. Carlos Bachier, Describes the Ground-breaking VIP Program for Chemotherapy Patients at Methodist Hospital* Print E-mail

To watch the Great Day SA feature story with Texas Transplant Physician Group's Dr. Carlos Bachier, Director, Adult and Pediatric Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Program--click here.

 
Texas Transplant Physician Group Proudly Welcomes Our Hepatologist Print E-mail

Dr. Madhavi Rudraraju joins the team of physicians and surgeons at Texas Transplant Institute**'s Liver Disease and Transplant Program at Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital* in San Antonio, Texas.

Click here for more detail about Dr. Rudraraju and the Liver Disease and Transplant Program.

 
Breakthrough Liver Surgery: Removing a Tumor Through a Single Incision Print E-mail

Watch a video from KENS 5 about Texas Transplant Physician Group's Dr. Juan Palma and his unique surgical technique to remove an orange-sized tumor through a tiny cut in a patient's belly button:  Single incision laparoscopic removal of liver tumor from San Antonio patient is the first of its kind.

 
Profile: Dr. Juan Palma-Vargas—NSIDE MD Print E-mail

Read a terrific article about one of Texas Transplant Physician Group’s transplant surgeons, Dr. Juan Palma-Vargas, Hepatitis C in the Hispanic community and liver transplantation in the November 2009 issue of NSIDE MD: A New Hope.

 
Texas Transplant Institute** Marks 10 Years on the Cutting Edge in San Antonio MD News, November 2009 Print E-mail

Read an article about the 10-year anniversary of Texas Transplant Institute**’s comprehensive adult solid organ transplantation and adult and pediatric blood and marrow stem cell transplantation programs: San Antonio MD News November 2009.