Tears, Laughter Shared at Liver Transplant Anniversary

With tears and hugs and laughter, 19 liver transplant recipients  joined family members and supporters at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on June 11 to celebrate a successful first year of Arkansas’ only liver transplant program.

Many of those recipients noted that they probably would not have lived long enough to see the sunny Sunday reception without a new liver. Youmin Wu, M.D., who led the team that conducted all 28 liver transplant surgeries performed in the first year of the program, praised the patients.

“Our patients should be congratulated,” Wu said. “If they had not trusted me and our transplant team, even though we were a new program, none of this would have been possible.”

On May 14, 2005, Greg Gilliland of Hot Springs became the recipient of a liver transplant performed in Arkansas. He was one of the 19 transplant recipients able to attend the celebration reception held in the Fred W. Smith Conference Center of the Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute at UAMS. The recipients posed for a special group photo during the reception.

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Liver transplant recipient Elanda Stinson of Clinton greets UAMS transplant surgeon Youmin Wu, M.D. at the first year celebration.

Nursing’s Satkowski Displays Courage, Success

On the verge of liver failure, Tricia Satkowski was busy making worst-case plans for her job and daughter about this time a year ago – and winning fans in her field of nursing.

Satkowski, Ed.D., M.B.A., associate dean for administration in the College of Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), received a liver transplant in November 2005 after spending seven months on a waiting list.
Despite her health struggles, Satkowski said she never considered giving up her job, but she made sure the right people were updated on her duties should they have to step in.

“When you’re on the edge of organ failure you don’t know what the next day is going to bring, so I had a good contingency plan,” Satkowski said.

In the midst of her struggles, Satkowski had become the 2006 president of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Business Officers of Nursing Schools (BONUS) and chairwoman of the BONUS Steering Committee. Her role required that she oversee the 2006 BONUS National Convention recently held in San Diego. She also hosted the President’s Reception which was co-sponsored by UAMS College of Nursing.

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