MedStar Health Blog

When patients find out they need a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) to treat their advanced heart failure, they go through a wide range of emotions. Some people who may have been sick for a...

In December 1967, a South African surgeon made history when he successfully transplanted the heart of a woman who died in a motor vehicle accident victim into a heart failure patient.Flash forward 50 ...

Emily and Neil Kishter’s philanthropic partnership with MedStar Georgetown began with a commitment to improving patient care and waiting areas. Just recently, the Kishters became the first $1 million donors to the new medical/surgical pavilion project.

In November 2017, martial arts expert and actor Chuck Norris filed a lawsuit in California alleging an ingredient in a contrast dye used in a specific type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) poisoned...

Alexandra Learned Preston and her husband, John Preston, were longtime residents and supporters of the Georgetown community.

By Jennifer DavisBrenda Hudson of Owings, Md., was the first person ever to receive a life-saving kidney transplant from a living donor at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Her sister, Michelle,...