Lisa Pisano, whose severe heart and kidney failure disqualified her from a traditional transplant, became the recipient of this innovative approach by the medical team at New York University (NYU ...

The beginning of Lisa Pisano's story isn't unusual. Like more than a half-million Americans, Pisano required routine dialysis ...

Lisa Pisano, 54, who had been suffering from both heart and end-stage kidney disease, became the first-ever patient to undergo the combination transplant surgery, according to NYU Langone Health ...

The patient is 54-year-old Lisa Pisano, from New Jersey, who was facing heart failure and end-stage kidney disease, NYU Langone said Wednesday. Due to several chronic conditions, including being ...

Lisa Pisano’s combination of heart and kidney failure left her too sick to qualify for a traditional transplant, and out of options. Then doctors at NYU Langone Health devised a novel one-two ...

Lisa Pisano, 54, didn’t have long to live because of a number of severe health conditions that included heart failure, diabetes and end-stage kidney failure that required ongoing dialysis.

New Jersey native Lisa Pisano was staring down the end of her days. The 54-year-old had heart failure and end-stage kidney disease, but several chronic medical conditions excluded her as a ...

Lisa Pisano looks at photos of her dog after her surgeries at NYU Langone Health in New York on Monday, April 22, 2024. Doctors transplanted a pig kidney into Pisano, who was near death ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart. Lisa Pisano’s ...