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Patient Success Stories

Meet some of our patients and read about their life-changing experiences.

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Breast Health

Early Diagnosis and Treatment Save the Life of Inflammatory Breast Cancer Patient (Learn more)

A Patient's Perspective: Finding Competence and Compassion in Cancer Care (Learn more)

MammoSite Therapy Benefits Breast Cancer Patient (Learn more)

Cancer/Oncology

Video: Colorectal Cancer Survivor, Her Family and UMGCC Treatment Team Share Their Experiences (Learn more)

Gary Jobson: America's Ambassador of Sailing Goes From Cancer Advocate to Cancer Survivor (Learn more)

Pennsylvania Woman Undergoes Extensive Surgery with Heated Chemotherapy to Treat Rare Abdominal Cancer (Learn more)

See more cancer success stories.

Cardiac/Heart

High-Risk Patient Thankful for Innovative Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement (Aortic Valve Bypass) Surgery (Learn more)

College Student Brittany Walbert is in the "Best Shape of Her Life" After Aortic Aneurysm Repair (Learn more)

Pearl Walker Feels Like "A New Person" after MIDCAB Hybrid Procedure (Learn more)

Routine Heart Screening and Tests Save the Life of the Wife of Johnny Unitas (Baltimore Sun story)

Unique Heart Surgery Changes Woman's Life (Learn more)

See more cardiac/heart success stories.

Digestive Diseases

Ulcerative Colitis Patient Credits Dr. Cross with Saving Her and Her Child's Life (Learn more)

GERD/Sleep Apnea Patient Benefits from Multidisciplinary Care Received at UMMC (Learn more)

Ear, Nose and Throat

UMMC Team of Experts Bring Every Possible Weapon to Bear in Patient's Battle with Throat Cancer (Learn more)

Spasmodic Dysphonia Patient says Botox Injections Have Improved Her Voice (Learn more)

Vocal Fold Paralysis Patient’s Speech "Improves Dramatically" After Thyroplasty and Arytenoid Adduction (Learn more)

See more ear, nose and throat success stories.

Fertility

Woman in Her Early 40s Delivers Healthy Twins with Help from the UM Center for Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Learn more)

Obstetrics and Gynecology

New Parents Credit Midwives for Making Natural Birth Experience "a Pure Joy" (Learn more)

Orthopaedics/Sports Medicine

Video: Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery Helpe Cheerleader Get Her Bounce Back (Learn more)

Reverse Shoulder Replacement Surgery has Made "All the Difference" in the World (Learn more)

See more orthopaedics/sports medicine success stories.

Plastic Surgery

Pennsylvania Woman "Thrilled" with Results of Rhinoplasty (Learn more)

Sleep Disorders

GERD/Sleep Apnea Patient Benefits from Multidisciplinary Care Received at UMMC (Learn more)

This page was last updated on: October 20, 2009.

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