Donation Comes Full Circle For Tissue Recipient Turned Doctor
When Rachel met with Dr. Brian Cole of Rush University Medical Center, she learned she was a candidate for a meniscus transplant. Since donor meniscus tissue is matched to the recipient by size, she… Read more
Live donor cartilage allows musician to return to the stage
When Diana Ladio could no longer perform without knee pain, she found donor cartilage to be her answer Read more
The Impact of little Silvie’s donation
In honor of Silvie Yocum, one of JRF Ortho’s first specialty graft donors, the organization has renamed their Specialty Graft List to Silvie’s List. Read more
Thumb Allograft Helps Recipient Regain Life Normalcy
As a daughter, wife, mom, grandma, and operating room nurse, Kathy spent the past 23 years working to help the people in her community and around the world with their surgical needs. Kathy now shares… Read more
Former Competitive Athlete Expresses Gratitude For Allograft Donation
Alyssa grew up in the Midwest as an extremely active girl who enjoyed playing sports. By the time she was fifteen years old, she underwent her first knee surgery. She initially tore her ACL and… Read more
Cartilage Transplant Patient Is Grateful To Donor For Rejuvenated Knee
At 42, Justin Hamilton was toward the end of the age spectrum for cartilage transplant. Dr. Rachel Frank performed an arthroscopy in October 2019 to assess his prior damage – correcting problems… Read more
Remarkable Attitude and Fierce Determination Helps Teen From “Down Under” Beat the Odds
Hannah was only ten years old when she was diagnosed with Osteochrondritis Dessicans (OCD). Four years later, she started experiencing aches in her knees which led to numerous operations. In 2018,… Read more
Former College Athlete Gives Unique Perspective on Knee Cartilage Injury
Joshua grew up in Southern California playing about every sport imaginable sometimes playing hockey and football games in the same day. No matter what sport or how many thousands of… Read more
Wedding Wish Comes True For Allograft Recipient
Ellie discovered that she had a condition called “osteochondritis dissecans.” Many questions came to mind, but the most important one brought her to tears: “I’m getting married… Read more
A Real Life Fairytale
Dan is a rep from Boston who provided firsthand insight into what it takes to make someone’s dreams come true. Read more
Spare The Scalpel: A Surgeon’s Perspective on the Future of Orthopedic Medicine
Dr. Brian Cole from Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush discusses the evolution of orthopedic/sports medicine and the role of regenerative medicine and medical technology…past, present and future. Read more
Allograft Changes Recipient’s Outlook on Life
For Kyle Oliverio, sports were important growing up because it was about family. When thinking about what the donor tissue meant to Kyle and how it changed his life, he finished with this… Read more
Active Father Finds Healing After Tissue Transplant
Though he lived with pain for several years after his first surgery, his wakeup call came in early 2014 when Phil and his wife welcomed a beautiful baby boy. He knew he needed to take action. Read more
Meniscus Transplant Helps Provide New Beginning For Recipient
“I know my transplant was different than a heart, liver or lung, but to me this is as important as any of those,” she said. “I can honestly say without this transplant, I would not… Read more
Tissue Recipient Honors Donor
During her recovery, Jen set a goal for herself: she wanted to run one final marathon as a tribute to her meniscus donor. She accomplished her goal in October 2014, completing her fourth and final… Read more
Three-Sport Athlete Gets Back in the Game
Jake’s life was never without sport: as one season ended, another began. Soccer became basketball, basketball became track, and he enjoyed the athletic challenge of each sport. However, constant… Read more
Gold Medal Gift
May is a world-class martial arts competition medalist and school teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. May teaches twenty-five hours a week while preparing for competitions. Read more
A Small Miracle
At the beginning of summer, five-year-old Elizabeth, began complaining about an ache in her arm. The big sister of a newborn, Elizabeth’s parents wrote it off to the “typical”… Read more