PHOTOS: Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants

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Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Donnie Little Hamilton discusses how, in 2018, he became the first person in Pennsylvania with HIV to receive a kidney from a donor with HIV as a participant in the HOPE Trial. Six years later, he is still doing well and the results of the study are helping to change a federal law and make more organs available to those in need. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Donnie Little Hamilton discusses how, in 2018, he became the first person in Pennsylvania with HIV to receive a kidney from a donor with HIV as a participant in the HOPE Trial. Six years later, he is still doing well and the results of the study are helping to change a federal law and make more organs available to those in need. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Donnie Little Hamilton discusses how, in 2018, he became the first person in Pennsylvania with HIV to receive a kidney from a donor with HIV as a participant in the HOPE Trial. Six years later, he is still doing well and the results of the study are helping to change a federal law and make more organs available to those in need. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Donnie Little Hamilton discusses how, in 2018, he became the first person in Pennsylvania with HIV to receive a kidney from a donor with HIV as a participant in the HOPE Trial. Six years later, he is still doing well and the results of the study are helping to change a federal law and make more organs available to those in need. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Donnie Little Hamilton discusses how, in 2018, he became the first person in Pennsylvania with HIV to receive a kidney from a donor with HIV as a participant in the HOPE Trial. Six years later, he is still doing well and the results of the study are helping to change a federal law and make more organs available to those in need. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Dr. Ghady Haidar, M.D., UPMC transplant infectious diseases physician and University of Pittsburgh associate professor and Donnie Little Hamilton reunite in a library at the Starzl Transplantation Institute at UPMC Montefiore Hospital. In 2018, Mr. Little Hamilton became the first Pennsylvania with HIV to receive a kidney transplantation from a donor with HIV as part of the HOPE Trial. Dr. Haidar is a sub-investigator on the trial, which is helping to change a federal law and make more organs available to those in need. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Dr. Akhil Sharma, M.D., UPMC transplant nephrologist and University of Pittsburgh assistant professor chats with Donnie Little Hamilton in a library at the Starzl Transplantation Institute at UPMC Montefiore Hospital. Dr. Sharma cared for Mr. Little Hamilton when he became the first Pennsylvanian with HIV to receive a kidney from a donor with HIV as a participant in the HOPE Trial. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Dr. Akhil Sharma, M.D., UPMC transplant nephrologist and University of Pittsburgh assistant professor chats with Donnie Little Hamilton in a library at the Starzl Transplantation Institute at UPMC Montefiore Hospital. Dr. Sharma cared for Mr. Little Hamilton when he became the first Pennsylvanian with HIV to receive a kidney from a donor with HIV as a participant in the HOPE Trial. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Donnie Little Hamilton discusses how, in 2018, he became the first person in Pennsylvania with HIV to receive a kidney from a donor with HIV as a participant in the HOPE Trial. Six years later, he is still doing well and the results of the study are helping to change a federal law and make more organs available to those in need. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Donnie Little Hamilton discusses how, in 2018, he became the first person in Pennsylvania with HIV to receive a kidney from a donor with HIV as a participant in the HOPE Trial. Six years later, he is still doing well and the results of the study are helping to change a federal law and make more organs available to those in need. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Donnie Little Hamilton discusses how, in 2018, he became the first person in Pennsylvania with HIV to receive a kidney from a donor with HIV as a participant in the HOPE Trial. Six years later, he is still doing well and the results of the study are helping to change a federal law and make more organs available to those in need. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Donnie Little Hamilton discusses how, in 2018, he became the first person in Pennsylvania with HIV to receive a kidney from a donor with HIV as a participant in the HOPE Trial. Six years later, he is still doing well and the results of the study are helping to change a federal law and make more organs available to those in need. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Dr. Ghady Haidar, M.D., UPMC transplant infectious diseases physician and University of Pittsburgh associate professor. Dr. Haidar was the sub-investigator of a national clinical trial that found it is just as safe and effective to transplant kidneys from donors with HIV to patients with HIV as it is to transplant kidneys from donors without HIV to patients with HIV. This trial is helping to change a law that bans such transplants. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Dr. Ghady Haidar, M.D., UPMC transplant infectious diseases physician and University of Pittsburgh associate professor. Dr. Haidar was the sub-investigator of a national clinical trial that found it is just as safe and effective to transplant kidneys from donors with HIV to patients with HIV as it is to transplant kidneys from donors without HIV to patients with HIV. This trial is helping to change a law that bans such transplants. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Donnie Little Hamilton discusses how, in 2018, he became the first person in Pennsylvania with HIV to receive a kidney from a donor with HIV as a participant in the HOPE Trial. Six years later, he is still doing well and the results of the study are helping to change a federal law and make more organs available to those in need. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Donnie Little Hamilton discusses how, in 2018, he became the first person in Pennsylvania with HIV to receive a kidney from a donor with HIV as a participant in the HOPE Trial. Six years later, he is still doing well and the results of the study are helping to change a federal law and make more organs available to those in need. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Dr. Ghady Haidar, M.D., UPMC transplant infectious diseases physician and University of Pittsburgh associate professor. Dr. Haidar was the sub-investigator of a national clinical trial that found it is just as safe and effective to transplant kidneys from donors with HIV to patients with HIV as it is to transplant kidneys from donors without HIV to patients with HIV. This trial is helping to change a law that bans such transplants. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Dr. Ghady Haidar, M.D., UPMC transplant infectious diseases physician and University of Pittsburgh associate professor. Dr. Haidar was the sub-investigator of a national clinical trial that found it is just as safe and effective to transplant kidneys from donors with HIV to patients with HIV as it is to transplant kidneys from donors without HIV to patients with HIV. This trial is helping to change a law that bans such transplants. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

Pittsburgh man part of medical trial that could change federal law on organ transplants Dr. Ghady Haidar, M.D., UPMC transplant infectious diseases physician and University of Pittsburgh associate professor. Dr. Haidar was the sub-investigator of a national clinical trial that found it is just as safe and effective to transplant kidneys from donors with HIV to patients with HIV as it is to transplant kidneys from donors without HIV to patients with HIV. This trial is helping to change a law that bans such transplants. (Nate Langer, UPMC)

October 30, 2024 at 12:19 pm EDT

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