Traveling Patient Stories

Each year thousands of patients travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, for world-class care at UPMC. Read their stories of hope and inspiration.

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Sarah Carlozzo: Living Donor Kidney Transplant

After donating a kidney to her nephew at UPMC ISMETT, Palermo, Italy, Sarah learns that true resilience lies in embracing life's challenges and finding beauty in every step forward.

Giuliana Mingiardi: Living Donor Kidney Transplant

Love of family was the driving force for Guiliana’s kidney donation to her husband at UPMC ISMETT, Palermo, Italy.

Andrea Profita: Living Donor Kidney Transplant

Andrea's devotion to family guided his decision to donate his kidney to his daughter at UPMC ISMETT, Palermo, Italy.

Allan Vassallo and Carmen Abela: Liver Transplants

Liver transplants were performed on two patients from Malta within a few hours of each other at UPMC ISMETT, in Palermo, Italy.

Tiago Maljacek Silva: Ebstein’s Anomaly

Tiago suffered from Ebstein’s Anomaly. Read more about his journey to UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Teri Cook: Hemifacial Spasm

When Teri Cook, an Australian native began having symptoms of hemifacial spasm, she found the most experienced surgeons for this condition at UPMC.

David Ross: Concussion

Faced with career-ending concussions, professional baseball player David Ross turned to the experts at UPMC’s Sports Medicine Concussion Program.

Amirah: Transplant

When 4-year-old Amirah from Puerto Rico needed a heart transplant her parents sought the best care, which led them to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

David: Cancer

The prognosis for David’s peritoneal cancer was not good, until he met a team of experts at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.

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