AHN Abdominal Transplant

01/15/2026

Calling all Pittsburgh Penguin fans! 🏒 Join NKF for a fun night out, cheering on the Pens while supporting patients’ and families affected by kidney disease in our community. See the link in the post below to get your tickets now! 🖤💛

𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐲!

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧: January 29, 2026 | 7:00 PM
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: PPG Paints Arena

$10 from every ticket purchased through this link is donated back to NKF Serving the Alleghenies, helping support patients and families affected by kidney disease.

Grab your tickets today and cheer for a great cause!
https://www.gofevo.com/event/PenguinsKidney012926

01/06/2026

💙💚We’re proud to support community education around health, wellness, and organ donation. Join CORE and the Carnegie Library of Homestead for this meaningful vision board workshop focused on hope and legacy. 💚💙

Looking to set some intentions for the New Year? Join us on January 12th for a vision board workshop with Center for Organ Recovery & Education! We'll provide all of the materials- for more information and registration, please visit: https://live-homestead.pantheonsite.io/event/health-and-hope-vision-board-workshop-3293

12/31/2025

As we welcome the New Year, we look ahead with hope, inspired by the strength of our patients and kindness of our organ donors. Here is to a New Year full of new life and second chances.
Every transplant represents a new beginning, and none of it is possible without donors who choose to give the gift of life. Here at AHN Abdominal Transplant, we are partnered with the National Kidney Registry to help facilitate living kidney donation across the country.

Make a life-changing resolution this year: learn more about organ and living donation at https://www.kidneyregistry.com/

We hope that everyone has a safe, fun-filled start of the New Year✨

12/24/2025

❄️Happy Holidays from our Abdominal Transplant team. 🎄This season, we reflect on the strength, generosity, and hope that define our transplant community. We are grateful for our patients, caregivers, donors, and care teams who make life-saving work possible every day. Wishing everyone a safe and healthy holiday season! 🎅

12/18/2025

Family House is an incredible partner to AHN, providing a welcoming and affordable place to stay for patients and their familiar who must travel to Pittsburgh for medical care. ❄️🎄Volunteering with Family House is a meaningful way to give back to an organization that offers so much comfort and support to our patients and caregivers during an especially challenging time – particularly throughout the holiday season.🎅❄️

🎄 Volunteer Opportunity: Christmas Day Lunch at Family House 🎄

Family House is seeking volunteers to help serve a warm, festive holiday lunch for our guests, patients and their caregivers, on Thursday, December 25 (Christmas Day).

Volunteer Details:
🕘 Arrival: 9:00 a.m.
🍽️ Tasks: Warm and prep food, set up the holiday buffet, serve lunch from 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., and assist with post-event clean-up.
⏰ End Time: Volunteers can expect to be finished by 3:00 p.m.

Your time and kindness help make the holidays brighter for families facing medical challenges.

💛 Interested in volunteering?
Email: volunteer@familyhouse.org

12/09/2025

❄️Winter Health Tips for Transplant Recipients❄️
Cold and flu season is here. For transplant recipients, protecting your health is essential. Remember to keep warm - cold weather can add stress to the body. Here are a few ways to stay well this winter:

12/03/2025

🎖️One year ago, on November 25, 2024, Kelly gave Roger the ultimate gift – a second chance at life through kidney donation. While recovering in the hospital, they joked, “Next Thanksgiving we’ll run the Turkey Trot together!” This year, they made that promise a reality. Kelly and Roger crossed the finish line side-by-side. Crossing that finish line together is more than a race…it’s a celebration of strength, healing, and the life changing power of living donation. 💫

Thank you to this pair for sharing their inspirational story! ✨

11/25/2025

🍂Celebrating the season of giving – with gratitude.

Grateful for the donors who give the gift of life.
Grateful for the recipients whose resilience inspires us.
Grateful for the families and caregivers who support every step of the way.
Grateful for our transplant team for their dedication and compassion.

From all of us at AHN Abdominal Transplant — thank you for being part of this incredible community.🧡

11/18/2025

✨Celebrating Our Post-Kidney Transplant Coordinators ✨

After a kidney transplant, the journey to recovery doesn’t end – it truly begins. We’re proud to have four incredible post-kidney transplant coordinators – Shelly, Shauna, Krista and Callie – who bring a combined 42 years of experience to our transplant program.

From medication management and lab monitoring to education, follow up care, and emotional support, they are there every step of the way. Their expertise, compassion and dedication ensure our patients feel supported long after surgery.

💚Thank you to Shelly, Shauna, Krista and Callie for helping our patients not just recover but thrive.💙

11/11/2025

💚 Thank You for an Inspiring Conversation on Living Donation!

This past Sunday, we were honored to attend the Live Donor Project/National Kidney Foundation event at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. At this donor event, our transplant surgeon, Dr. Jennifer Carpenter, and several living donors shared their insights and experiences about living donor surgery. The donor panel included both altruistic and directed donors, offering diverse perspectives on their motivations, experiences, and the impact of living donation.

Attendees had the unique opportunity to hear directly from the expert who performs these life-changing procedures—and from the generous donors who gave the ultimate gift of life. Their stories of courage, compassion, and connection truly inspired everyone in the room.

A heartfelt thank you to our speakers, attendees, and all who continue to support the mission of saving lives through living donation. Together, we’re building a stronger transplant community. 💚

11/04/2025

🔬 From the OR to the Classroom! 🧠💚

Our transplant surgeon, Dr. Jennifer Carpenter, recently gave students a hands-on lesson in kidney anatomy and surgery! Using real sheep kidneys, students got to see how these incredible organs work and about kidney transplants.

It was an inspiring day full of curiosity, questions, and future medical minds at work. 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️
We love opportunities to share the science and passion behind transplantation with the next generation!

10/28/2025

🌟 Calling All Transplant Donors! 🌟
The Live Donor Project is hosting an upcoming event! 💚

Are you or someone you know interested in being a living kidney donor?

Join us for a free event to connect with fellow donors, enjoy refreshments, and celebrate the incredible impact of donation.
You will learn how to connect with a transplant center, what to expect throughout the living donor evaluation and hear living donors share their stories.

🗓️ Date: Sunday, November 9th from 11AM to 1PM
📍 Location: Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, 1 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh PA 15213
💬 RSVP: https://events.blackthorn.io/en/5f4bLi97/becoming-a-living-donor-4a3VUz9zNd/overview

Whether you donated a kidney, are looking for a living donor, or part of your story helps someone else — we’d love to see you there. Let’s honor your generosity and share in the spirit of giving life!


https://thelivedonorproject.org