On May 4, 2025, a team of surgeons at UCLA performed the world's first-ever bladder transplant, giving 41-year-old Oscar Larrainzar something he once believed was impossible: a second chance at life.

In organ donation, every decision carries weight. Every minute matters. And behind every clinical choice is a family navigating unimaginable loss.

When surgeons at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital performed Southern California's first pediatric partial heart transplant last year, it marked a defining moment in cardiac innovation.