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Everyone who comes through UPMC has a story. Patients face medical conditions both common and complex and overcome them with a combination of medical care and their own inner qualities. UPMC employees, both front-facing and behind the scenes, go above and beyond to make world-class care possible. Learn the stories of people at UPMC – patients, employees, loved ones, and others whom UPMC has touched.

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Katie Cecil – Stress Fracture Patient Story

October 9, 2015

Katie suffered from a stress fracture in her foot. Due to the severity of the tennis injury, surgery was required. Learn more at UPMC. Learn More

Categorized as: Sports Medicine, UPMC Stories
Tagged with: medical mondays, patient story, sports medicine, stress fracture, tennis, UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex
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Patient Story – Hockey Player’s Road to Recovery

September 20, 2015

Sean suffered from multiple shoulder dislocations and underwent physical therapy, followed by shoulder surgery. Learn more about his experience at UPMC. Learn More

Categorized as: Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine, UPMC Stories
Tagged with: Dharmesh Vyas, dislocated shoulder, hockey, hockey injury, physical therapy, shoulder dislocation, shoulder injury, UPMC, UPMC Sports Medicine
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Video: Living-Donor Liver Transplant Patient Story

April 23, 2014

Learn about liver transplants, primary biliary cirrhosis, and its symptoms first hand through this UPMC living donor patient story video. Watch Now

Medically Reviewed by Transplant Services
Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Liver Transplant, Transplant, UPMC Stories
Tagged with: bile, fatigue, jaundice, liver transplant, living donor, patient story, PBC, primary biliary cirrhosis
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Stem Cell Transplant Helps Patient Beat Cancer

March 27, 2014

Don Trent, a mechanical engineer for a commercial airline, is an acute lymphocytic leukemia survivor. Read about his journey and stem cell transplant. Read More

Medically Reviewed by UPMC
Categorized as: Cancer Care, UPMC Stories
Tagged with: acute lymphocytic leukemia, ALL, Dennis J Meisner MD FACP, Mario Lemieux Centers for Blood Cancers, Mounzer A Agha MD, patient story, stem cell, stem cell transplant

UPMC Stories

Katie Cecil – Stress Fracture Patient Story

Patient Story – Hockey Player’s Road to Recovery

Video: Living-Donor Liver Transplant Patient Story

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