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Faces of 2017

	Constance Creasey Transplant Patient Starts off New Year with a Better Night’s Sleep and Gratitude for NPR Listeners after National Broadcast Jan. 24 \| MedStar Georgetown Read the story! Read the original NPR story here: Medicare Pays For A Kidney Transplant, But Not The Drugs To Keep It Viable Dec. 22, 2016 \| NPR Morning Edition Read the story!
	Eleanor Traylor and Blair Marshall, MD Health Beat: New lung cancer surgery Oct. 23 \| WFMZ-TV 69 (Ivanhoe) Learn more about her story!
	Frank Weaver and Faheem Sandhu, MD, PhD Artificial Discs Offer Long-Term Results for Degenerative Disc Disease Back Pain July 19 \| NBC4 Read the story! Frank Weaver - Lumbar Disc Replacement July 19 \| NBC4 Watch Frank’s story!
	Kelly Chapman, Dr. Troy Pittman, Dr. Shawna Willey and Dr. Robert Warren New "Nearly Painless" Breast Reconstruction: Kelly Chapman's Story July 11 \| MedStar Georgetown Watch her story! Learn more about her story!
	Jerry Boucher, Jose Montiel, Seyed Ghasemian, MD and Matthew Cooper, MD Falls Church Resident Donates Kidney to Total Stranger April 21 \| Fairfax County Times Read the story! Tommy McFly Interviews a Living Kidney Donor April 19 \| 94.7 Fresh FM Watch the interview! A Two-Way Kidney Exchange between Washington, D.C. and Chicago March 8 \| MedStar Georgetown Watch Jerry and Jose’s story! Jerry Boutcher: Living Kidney Donor Transplant May 4 \| MedStar Georgetown Watch Jerry’s story!
	Dominic Nwanji and William Postma, MD ACL Repair or Reconstruction? Dominic Nwanji’s Story July 17 \| MedStar Georgetown Watch his story!
	Leo and Blair Farr, MD Health Alert: Back To School - Dr. Blair Farr's Interview on WUSA9 Aug. 21, 2017 \| WUSA9 Watch the story!
	Deputy Andrew Fenlon and Deputy Frederick “Sonny” Davis A Maryland policeman just donated a kidney to another officer. Now they’re “like family.” Sept. 8 \| Washington Post Read their story! Sheriff's Deputy Donates Kidney to Fellow Officer Aug. 29 \| Fox5 Read their story! Watch their story! Deputy Receives Kidney From Fellow Deputy, Best Friend Sept. 4, 2017 \| NBC4 Watch the story!
	Sabrina Rickert and Nassim Zecavati, MD, MPH Georgetown Patient Among Youngest Ever to Receive Implant to Treat Epilepsy Dec. 6 \| NBC4 Watch Sabrina’s story!
	Susan Wolfe-Tank and David H. Song, MD Replacing Lymph Nodes to Ease Painful Legacy of Cancer Care Nov. 27 \|WTOP (Associated Press) Read her story! Transferring Lymph Nodes from One Part of the Body to Another to Treat Lymphedema Sept. 8 \| MedStar Georgetown Read more about her story!
	Kai Johns and Robert Harmon Man Donates Kidney to Save His Old Army Buddy's Life April 28 \| Fox 5 Watch the story! Army Friends Reunite for Kidney Transplant May 4 \| WUSA9 Read their story!
	Andy Bird and Sameer Mehta, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS Wearable Devices Track Sports Injuries, Provide Hard Data for Recovery Planss June 13 \| MedStar Georgetown Learn more about wearable technology!
	Marhea Ruzanic and Peter Abrams, MD Curing Diabetes with Kidney/Pancreas Transplant: Marhea Ruzanic’s Story April 19 \| MedStar Georgetown Watch her story! Curing diabetes with kidney-pancreas transplant April 19 \| WUSA9 Read her story!
	Anthony Philips and Jay Lustbader, MD Cross-Linking Eye Procedure Stops the Progression of Vision Loss July 31 \| MedStar Georgetown Read the story!
	Ilene Silverman and Rachel White Synagogue Email Leads to Kidney Match Aug. 8, 2017 \| Washington Jew Week Learn more about their story! Kidney Donor: ‘It Was Nice To Do Something For Someone Else’ Aug. 3 \| The Dispatch Read the story! Paired Kidney Exchange: Ilene Silverman’s story Dec. 11 \| MedStar Georgetown Watch Ilene’s story!
	Jenny Glick and Corina Gonzalez, MD Stem Cell Donation Could Save a Life Dec. 20 \| WJLA-ABC7 Watch her story!
	Diane Lucey and Louis Weiner, MD Local woman celebrates Christmas and conquering cancer Dec. 22 \| The BayNet Read her story! Beating Cancer with Precision Medicine combined with Immunotherapy: Diane Lucey’s Story June 1 \| MedStar Georgetown Watch her story! Maryland Woman Benefits when Two Emerging Areas of Science Aimed at Beating Cancer Come Together Feb. 24 \| MedStar Georgetown Learn more!