Items Tagged ‘Freedom Driver’

January 4, 2013

Phoenix-Area Organ Recipients Honor Donors in Rose Parade

By Logan Lafferty Logan Lafferty (@loganlafferty)

Okeke, a husband and father of three, made news when he became the first patient in the country to be discharged from the hospital with an artificial heart in May 2010. The 13-pound heart, known as the “Freedom Driver” by the staff at the Mayo Clinic, replaced the 400-pound device that had kept Okeke alive, […]

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Tags: Arizona Republic, Artificial Heart, Freedom Driver, heart transplant


January 4, 2013

Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights

By Karl Oestreich Karl Oestreich (@KarlWOestreich)

    January 4, 2013 Mayo Clinic in the Newsis a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations […]

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Tags: A.L.S., amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Arizona Republic, Artificial Heart, BodyGuardian, Cardiology, Charles Okeke, CNN, dementia, doctor burnout, Dr Charles Bruce, Dr. Colin West


January 4, 2013

Phoenix-Area Organ Recipients Honor Donors in Rose Parade

By Logan Lafferty Logan Lafferty (@loganlafferty)

Okeke, a husband and father of three, made news when he became the first patient in the country to be discharged from the hospital with an artificial heart in May 2010. The 13-pound heart, known as the “Freedom Driver” by the staff at the Mayo Clinic, replaced the 400-pound device that had kept Okeke alive, […]

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Tags: Arizona Republic, Artificial Heart, Freedom Driver, organ donation, organ transplant


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