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NBC 4 and ABC 7 recently featured the extraordinary story of Valance Sams Sr., a Baldwin Hills man who received a triple organ transplant at Cedars-Sinai. Sams is one of just 46 people in the U.S. to receive a heart, liver and kidney transplant since...

Valance Sams Sr.’s world was turned upside down 10 years ago when he was diagnosed with sarcoidosis, a rare inflammatory disease that caused a buildup of scar tissue on his heart and left him unable to work, exercise or even walk.But today, Sams walk...

As the nation takes notice of the importance of organ donations during April, National Donate Life Month, Cedars-Sinai is reporting a record-setting year for calendar year 2022.Together, surgeons at the Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center an...