Our Patients. Their Stories.
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How one woman’s selfless act to donate a kidney led her to the top of the world
Less than a year after donating a kidney, Maureen Murphy hiked Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa, to raise awareness for organ donation.
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Our Patients. Their Stories. Vicki Cutone.
Vicki Cutone shares how spinning through sarcoma led to meaningful new endeavors.
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Our Patients. Their Stories. Kurt “KC” Christensen
Kurt “KC” Christensen adds attitude to medical technology to yield amazing results.
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Our Patients. Their Stories. Lorie Pinette
Diagnosed with an aggressive skin cancer, Lorie Pinette found hope in a combination of cancer-fighting treatments and a supportive care team at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
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Fueling cars and kindness from patient to patient
A project started by Dartmouth Cancer Center patient Janette Coombs as a way to involve her son, Nicholas, has flourished into a meaningful mission that brings relief to many other patients.
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Our Patients. Their Stories. Liz Stutzmann
Liz Stutzmann finds life-saving surgery at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center to remove her diseased pancreas.
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Our Patients. Their Stories. Liz Towne
Liz Towne spent 336 days at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center recovering from COVID-19 and a spinal cord stroke, a rare side effect of the disease and treatment.
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Our Patients. Their Stories. Joe Shattie
After surviving three separate cardiac arrests over 25 years, he is raising awareness about the importance of taking care of your health—and never taking it for granted.
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Our Patients. Their Stories. Juanita Fugere
After surgery to remove a tumor from her spine, Juanita Fugere had one goal: to walk unassisted into her follow-up appointment with her surgeon Naser Jaleel, MD, which she did.
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Our Patients. Their Stories. Ron Routhier
An in-depth look at Ron Routhier’s aggressive prostate cancer and an out-of-the-box approach to treatment have given him years to his life that he wasn’t expecting.