POLISH AMERICAN TRANSPLANT CENTER
The Center was established to serve Polish-American community in the USA
Particularly, to enable Polish-American patients an access to the highest quality medical care provided by Polish- and English-speaking personnel
in preparation for, during and after organ and tissue transplantation procedures.
We offer kidney, pancreas, liver, heart, lungs and bone marrow transplantation.
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For more information, please contact
Patrycja Ulijaszczyk-Noga@uchospitals.edu
tel. (773) 834-8482
fax (773) 834-0732
OUR PATIENTS
“Kinga was 19 year old when she gave a part of her own liver to her Mom, Maria, when Maria’s liver failed and was dying. Both are feeling great 5 years after the transplantation procedure. Kinga graduated from a nursing school.
“Teresa who moved with family to Chicago from South of Poland years ago, received a kidney from her brother Marian, so
she was only one month on hemodialysis. Both are feeling great more then 5 years after the procedure; both are fully active professionally.
Irenka speaks only Polish. She received a kidney transplant at the age of 75.
Nurse Karolina took care of her speaking Polish in the hospital (above), and Jozefa guides her in clinic during recovery (below).
Mallory has suffered from type 1 diabetes since she was a child. She received a pancreatic islet transplant and has not bee using any insulin for last 3 and half years.
Polish husband- Stanislaw, nurse Tomasz
At the age of 69 Stanislaw was stressed about his kidney transplant especially that he did not speak English at all. Karolina guided him in Polish during recovery in the hospital and Jozefa took over chatting in Polish during the clinic visits and over the phone afterwards
OUR CLINICAL TEAM
Transplant Surgeon
Professor Hematology
Professor, Neurologist
Pre Transplantant Nurse
Post Transplant Nurse
Surgical Resident
Physical Therapy Specialist
Transplant Unit Nurse
Transplant Unit Nurse
