Specialty: Pediatric Liver Transplantation and Pediatric Critical Care
Diego
MARS® technology saved Diego's life.
MARS® technology saved Diego’s life.
Seventeen year old Diego Catalan had been battling liver disease for two years, when the active high schooler’s health took a devastating turn for the worse. He was in acute liver failure.
Diego was the first child in the Northeast to be treated for acute liver failure with MARS®.
Miraculously, the MARS® machine not only stabilized Diego, but it allowed his liver to regenerate without the need for a transplant or other surgery.
“We are a specialty referral center particularly for children requiring organ transplantation throughout the entire world.”
Thanks to the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein, Diego is back on the field performing for excited sports fans at local halftime shows.
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