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28 Oct 2026 News

St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx launches a Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Program

Patients at St. Barnabas Hospital in Belmont can now tell doctors upfront that they want no blood or blood products during treatment, and the hospital will build their entire care plan around that choice. SBH Health System launched the Bronx’s first Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Program on August 11, 2026.

Dr. Robert Karpinos, who leads the programme, said SBH has practised patient blood management for many years and described bloodless medicine and surgery as a natural extension of that work.

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1 Aug 2026 Announcement

UChicago Medicine hosts a bloodless medicine and surgery webinar

The University of Chicago Medicine invited clinicians to a bloodless medicine and surgery webinar on Saturday 15 August 2026, with specialists in heart, brain and spine, haematology, and lungs. Pre-registration was required.

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28 Apr 2026 News

World’s first recorded bloodless heart-liver transplant

Transplant surgeons at Tampa General Hospital and USF Health successfully performed the world’s first recorded bloodless heart-liver transplant. The procedure was led by Dr. Kiran Dhanireddy, vice president and chief of the TGH Transplant Institute, and Dr. Gundars Katlaps, surgical director of the lung transplant program.

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