LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ava Kaufman, founder and executive director of Ava’s Heart, has been honored as one of CNN’s Heroes, a program which for 15 years has been celebrating inspiring stories ...
“When I told him what I was doing, his first comment to me was ‘I thought you had to be rich to get a heart transplant.’” — Ava Kaufman, founder of Ava’s Heart. She’s a 67-year-old former professional ...
Twelve years ago, Ava Kaufman was fighting for her life. Now, thanks to a donor heart and successful organ transplant, she’s alive – and saving others. “My life changed on a dime,” said Kaufman, who ...
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Organ transplant surgery can save a life. But the journey to that second chance is more complicated than simply finding a donor and having surgery. "Everyone can get a transplant ...
As a medical resident 30 years ago, Ava Kaufman remembers puzzling over some of the elderly patients who came to the primary-care practice at George Washington University Hospital. They weren’t really ...
(MENAFN- Caribbean News Global) LOS ANGELES-(BUSINESS WIRE)- #AvasHeart -Ava's Heart, the nonprofit organization dedicated to providing financial assistance for organ transplant patients who cannot ...
This is what Ava Kaufman was wearing when she negotiated with God while in a seven-week coma following a heart transplant: a white turtleneck leotard with a white leather miniskirt, and white ...
As a medical resident 30 years ago, Ava Kaufman remembers puzzling over some of the elderly patients who came to the primary-care practice at George Washington University Hospital. They weren’t really ...
Kaufman's cardiologist, Dr. Juan Alejos, says transplant patients desperately need the assistance. "Usually in the first three months we require that patients stay locally. That's an expense in ...
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