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Which hospitals are involved in this alliance?
Who are the physicians participating in the alliance?
Why is Crozer-Chester Medical Center participating in the alliance?
Why is Temple University Hospital participating in the alliance?
What has changed for Crozer kidney transplant patients?
What has changed for Temple kidney transplant patients?
Who oversees the operations of the transplant services of this alliance?
Where can I learn more about the alliance?
Which hospitals are involved in this alliance?
The participating hospitals are Temple University Hospital and Crozer-Chester Medical Center.
Temple University Hospital is one of the Delaware Valley’s premier academic medical centers. Temple provides advanced healthcare to more than 28,000 inpatients and 150,000 outpatients each year. With nationally respected programs in cardiology and cardiac surgery, pulmonary medicine, orthopedics and sports medicine, neurosciences, gastroenterology, oncology and kidney disease, Temple provides an environment for superior patient care, teaching and research.
Temple University Hospital physicians are associated with the Temple University School of Medicine. Their teaching, research and clinical activities, in addition to Temple’s sophisticated facilities and equipment, result in innovative treatment for a variety of diseases. Temple physicians regularly offer their patients treatment options that are not available at most hospitals.
Crozer-Chester Medical Center is a 388-bed not-for-profit, tertiary care teaching hospital. The largest facility in the five-hospital Crozer-Keystone Health System, the medical center admits nearly 20,000 patients, treats approximately 46,000 emergency department patients, and delivers about 2,000 babies a year.
Crozer’s featured services include the nationally recognized Nathan Speare Regional Burn Treatment Center; the Crozer Regional Trauma Center; the Crozer Regional Cancer Center, affiliated with Fox Chase Cancer Center; advanced cardiac services, including open-heart surgery; the Crozer-Keystone Human Motion Institute and the Joint/Spine Unit for the care of musculoskeletal patients; adult and pediatric surgery; obstetrical services, including a Level III Intensive Care Nursery; medical imaging services; cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation; an inpatient pediatrics unit; an Acute Care of Elderly Unit; the Interventional Pain Management Center; and the Crozer Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility Center.
As a teaching hospital, Crozer is a member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals and has a longstanding relationship with TUH.
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Who are the physicians participating in the alliance?
Temple transplant surgeons include John A. Daller, M.D., Ph.D., and Andreas Karachristos, M.D., Ph.D. Temple nephrologists participating in the alliance include Patricio Silva, M.D., Serban Constantinescu, M.D., Ph.D., and Iris Lee, M.D.
Crozer surgeon Vance Moss, M.D., will also perform surgeries at Temple. Crozer nephrologists participating in the program include Kevin Sperling, M.D., Roy Marcus, M.D. and C. Nathan Okechukwu, M.D.
Drs. Daller, Karachristos and Moss will perform all kidney transplant surgeries at Temple University Hospital and will also be available for surgical services on both health system campuses to meet the needs of our kidney transplant patients.
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Why is Crozer-Chester Medical Center participating in the alliance?
By aligning with the respected kidney transplant program at Temple University Hospital, Crozer-Chester Medical Center is able to provide its kidney transplant patients with a more convenient, coordinated program for overall care.
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Why is Temple University Hospital participating in the alliance?
Temple University Hospital is working with Crozer-Chester Medical Center to expand its reach to patients in Delaware and Chester Counties and – because of the close relationship between the institutions through this alliance – to provide these patients with better care.
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What has changed for Crozer kidney transplant patients?
Crozer patients who are candidates for kidney transplants historically have sought treatment at non-Crozer-Keystone hospitals and received their pre- and post-procedure care at those hospitals. Through the Alliance, these patients are now able to receive their pre- and post-procedure care at Crozer and their transplant surgery performed at Temple.
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What has changed for Temple kidney transplant patients?
Temple kidney transplant patients should not notice a change.
Who oversees the operations of the transplant services of this alliance?
The Temple Abdominal Organ Transplant Program provides general oversight.
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Where can I learn more about the alliance?
Members of the community and potential patients who have questions can call
610-619-8481.
Referring physicians who have questions or who would like to make a referral can call 610- 619-8417.
Media inquiries can be directed to Rebecca Harmon, director of Public Relations, Temple University Health System at 215-707-8229 or Rebecca.harmon@tuhs.temple.edu or Grant Gegwich, director of Public Relations and Marketing, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, at 610-447-6316 or grant.gegwich@crozer.org.
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