A pediatric heart transplant had never been carried out on Long Island. Until last Friday. Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s Hospital successfully completed the first procedure on the island on ...

When heart transplant surgeon Dr. Dina Al Rameni saw the “perfect heart” she would transplant into her patient, she knew “everything was going to be great.” Great was what her patient, Eugene Charles ...

With heart-shaped balloons in hand and greeted with joyous applause from teachers and students, Josie Navarez started first ...

Justin Cauthen, the first pediatric patient to undergo a heart transplant at a Long Island hospital, opened his eyes after seven hours in surgery and could finally breathe easy. "When I woke up after ...

When Laken Whitehead went into heart failure in February, doctors told his parents that even a heart transplant would not be enough to save the 6-month-old boy’s life. But Whitney and Forest Whitehead ...

First life support, then a heart transplant. The family of a local 2-year-old is seeking help from the community as their baby recovers.

Classmates and teachers at Peck Elementary School, 3826 W. 58th St., welcomed Joselin Nevarez to school Tuesday.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Watch “Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Animal Pharm” on Sunday, May 18, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CNN. There were more than 48,000 organ transplants in the United States last year. They’re ...

A groundbreaking moment in Canadian healthcare occurred when a Canadian surgeon completed the country’s first ...

Toronto doctors have carried out a groundbreaking transplant with a heart that had stopped beating, according to the University Health Network.