Tag: Dr. Dorry Segev

Doctors perform first liver transplant from HIV donor to HIV recipient

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, United States – Doctors at Johns Hopkins Medicine announced on Wednesday (March 30) the first ever liver transplant from an HIV positive donor to an HIV positive recipient, as well as the first kidney transplant in the United States from an HIV positive donor to an HIV positive recipient. Transplant surgeon Dr. Dorry Segev said he had already been performing successful organ transplants for HIV positive patients using organs from HIV negative donors […]