From diagnosis, to treatment, to recovery, hear first-hand stories from patients who’ve had their lives changed at Emory Healthcare.
Patient Testimonials
Hear Life-Changing Stories from Emory Healthcare Patients
Brain Health
Terna Ityokumbul shares his struggles with epilepsy and discusses how laser ablation surgery has improved his quality of life.
Epilepsy Surgery Helps Young Athlete Take Control of His Life
Terna Ityokumbul shares his struggles with epilepsy and discusses how laser ablation surgery has improved his quality of life.
Cancer
Winship Cancer Institute is the only National Cancer Institute designated cancer treatment center in Georgia. Watch how the cancer care team uses cutting edge technology to give cancer patients the hope and care they need.
Winship at Emory
Winship Cancer Institute is the only National Cancer Institute designated cancer treatment center in Georgia. Watch how the cancer care team uses cutting edge technology to give cancer patients the hope and care they need.
Cancer
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University is the only NCI designated cancer treatment and research center in Georgia.
Winship Cancer Institute: NCI Designation
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University is the only NCI designated cancer treatment and research center in Georgia.
Cancer
See why collaboration is the best medicine when treating cancer at Emory. The Winship Cancer Institute in Atlanta is the only National Cancer Institute designated cancer center in Georgia.
Winship Cancer Institute: Research and Collaboration
See why collaboration is the best medicine when treating cancer at Emory. The Winship Cancer Institute in Atlanta is the only National Cancer Institute designated cancer center in Georgia.
Cancer
DNA methylation causes good cancer fighting genes to be suppressed or "silenced". Soy products can help to unsilence the good genes and suppress the cancer. Researchers at Emory are currently researching this link.
Gene Silencing in Cancer
DNA methylation causes good cancer fighting genes to be suppressed or "silenced". Soy products can help to unsilence the good genes and suppress the cancer. Researchers at Emory are currently researching this link.
Cancer
The Emory Musculoskeletal Oncology and Limb Reconstruction Center is a world-class center treating a variety of conditions, including benign and malignant tumors of the extremities and spine and the placement of expandable implants that use magnets to treat sarcoma of the bone and soft tissue.
Designing Orthopaedic Implants of the Future
The Emory Musculoskeletal Oncology and Limb Reconstruction Center is a world-class center treating a variety of conditions, including benign and malignant tumors of the extremities and spine and the placement of expandable implants that use magnets to treat sarcoma of the bone and soft tissue.
Breast Cancer
Emory is one of just three facilities in the country that is testing CT technology as a way to get more accurate 3D images of the breast.
Breast Imaging Technology
Emory is one of just three facilities in the country that is testing CT technology as a way to get more accurate 3D images of the breast.
Breast Cancer
See how a new screening technology being pioneered at Emory was able to detect a woman's breast cancer after a traditional digital mammogram missed it.
Taking a Closer Look at Cancer
See how a new screening technology being pioneered at Emory was able to detect a woman's breast cancer after a traditional digital mammogram missed it.
Bariatric Surgery
Emory Bariatric Center patient, Alex Spitzer, discusses his journey through non-surgical medical weight loss with the Your Weight Program.
Alex Spitzer - Non-surgerical Weight Loss
Emory Bariatric Center patient, Alex Spitzer, discusses his journey through non-surgical medical weight loss with the Your Weight Program.
Bariatric Surgery
Emory Bariatric Center patient, Jim Blackburn, discusses his journey through gastric bypass weight loss surgery.
Jim Blackburn – Bariatric Surgery
Emory Bariatric Center patient, Jim Blackburn, discusses his journey through gastric bypass weight loss surgery.
Ear, Nose and Throat
''Vocal chord lesion laser therapy was as easy as a dental procedure.''
Voice Cord Lesion Laser Therapy
''Vocal chord lesion laser therapy was as easy as a dental procedure.''
Heart and Vascular
Max started having severe trouble breathing and had to work for every breath he took. He felt like he was holding his breath for minutes and then trying to breathe in and he was still not able to breath.
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Max started having severe trouble breathing and had to work for every breath he took. He felt like he was holding his breath for minutes and then trying to breathe in and he was still not able to breath.
Neurosciences
"Brain surgery was the scariest situation to face but I was in good hands at Emory."
Endoscopic Resection of Colloid Cyst Brain Tumor
"Brain surgery was the scariest situation to face but I was in good hands at Emory."
Neurosciences
''At the Emory Pituitary Center, the doctors listened to me.''
Pituitary Tumor Removal
''At the Emory Pituitary Center, the doctors listened to me.''
Oncology
''If you're going to be treated somewhere for cancer, you are definitely in excellent hands with Emory.''
Designing Orthopaedic Implants of the Future
''If you're going to be treated somewhere for cancer, you are definitely in excellent hands with Emory.''
Transplantation
Heart Transplant after LVAD: "I am really thankful for the care that I received at Emory."
Heart Transplant after LVAD
Heart Transplant after LVAD: "I am really thankful for the care that I received at Emory."
Transplantation
"None of these things would have been available to me if I hadn't had this transplant at Emory."
Transplant Immunology Research - Immunosuppressive Drugs
"None of these things would have been available to me if I hadn't had this transplant at Emory."
Transplantation
"If I had to advise somebody where to go have an operation or to be checked out, it would be Emory."
Liver Transplant Cholangiocarcinoma Treatment
"If I had to advise somebody where to go have an operation or to be checked out, it would be Emory."
Urology
"I have never gone to the hospital for anything, a broken bone or a cut, so to find out that I had cancer, well that put a scare in my heart."
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Treating Prostate Cancer
"I have never gone to the hospital for anything, a broken bone or a cut, so to find out that I had cancer, well that put a scare in my heart."
Urology
"I’m convinced that if it wasn’t for the team at Emory, I wouldn’t be here today."
Robotic Kidney Cancer Treatment
"I’m convinced that if it wasn’t for the team at Emory, I wouldn’t be here today."