Our Stories
Patients, families, friends, stuff
Patients, families, friends, employees - UPMC's greatest strength is its people.
These are our stories.
Browse them below or search for specifics.
Meet Bob and Gary
Underwent living-donor liver transplantation
Meet Mark T
Received double hip replacement surgery
Meet Mark B
Treated for brain tumor
Meet Daniel
Received a kidney transplant
Meet Brother Shamus
Received cancer treatment
Meet Carolyn
Received ovarian cancer treatment
Meet Edie
Received a heart valve replacement
Meet Liz
Received double lung and heart transplant.
Meet Eddie
Treated for brain tumor
Meet Emerson
Treated for facial spasms
Meet Jim
Traveled for abdominal cancer treatment
Meet Mary Martha
Received neurosurgery for Chiari Malformation
Meet Eric
Received cancer treatment
Meet Jay
Received a double lung transplant.
Meet Chelsea
Received ovarian cancer treatment
Meet Gerri
Receives sickle cell care
Meet Donald
Received spine surgery
Meet Norman
Received heart valve surgery
Meet The Taylors
Treated for prostate and breast cancer
Meet the Adams
Received surgery for Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome.
Meet Lorraine
Treated after suffering a stroke
Meet the Romanos
Received neonatal intensive care
Meet the Holloways
Received geriatric surgery
Meet Jim and Leah
Treated for digestive disorders
Meet DeAnna
Received life-changing bariatric surgery
Meet Beverly
Received stroke treatment through telemedicine
Meet Jerry
Received a living-donor liver transplant
Meet Rick
Received life-saving treatment for a pulmonary embolism
Meet Dawn
Breast cancer survivor
Meet Gordon
Received advanced stroke treatment
Meet Cynthia
Weight loss surgery patient
Meet David
Traveled from Boston for concussion treatment
Meet Alberto B.
Traveled from Italy for his second kidney transplant
Meet Kelly V.
Traveled for life-saving fetal surgery
Meet Harry S.
Traveled from Youngstown for brain surgery
Meet Tasha W.
Traveled from Virginia to treat her knee injuries
Meet Donna
Traveled from Buffalo to treat her asthma
Meet Dale
Traveled from Charlotte for concussion treatment
Meet Charlene
Traveled from Florida for heart surgery
Meet Matisse
Traveled from New Zealand for an intestinal transplant
Meet Jonathan
Traveled from Cincinnati for a six organ transplant
Meet Kati
I didn't choose to blow out my knees
Meet Heather
I didn't choose to have a brain hemorrhage
Meet Jordan
I didn't choose to have Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Meet Kent
I didn't choose to have a heart infection
Meet Christiane
I didn't choose to have chronic back pain
Meet Marc
I didn't choose a to have a major heart problem
Meet Elissa
I didn't choose to have breast cancer
Meet Rachel
Mother of Twins with a Rare Fetal Disease
Meet Eugene
Reverend and Heart Attack Survivor
Meet Adam
Father and Cancer Survivor
Meet Bryan
Doctor and Trauma Patient